trenza

See also: trenzá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾenθa/ [ˈt̪ɾẽn̟.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾensa/ [ˈt̪ɾẽn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: tren‧za

Etymology 1

Probably a blend of Old French tresce (“tress”) and trena (“sash”) (Vulgar Latin *trena << Latin trina (“triple”)). Possibly influenced by tres (“three”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia.

Noun

trenza f (plural trenzas)

1. plait, braid, tress, pigtail

Etymology 2

Verb

trenza

1. inflection of trenzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Self-published: Xlibris, →ISBN

Further reading

• “trenza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025