trinca

See also: trincá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾiŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾiŋ.ka]

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Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Noun

trinca f (plural trinques)

1. trio, threesome (set of three)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from trincar.

Noun

trinca f (plural trinques)

1. (nautical) lashing

Derived terms

• nou de trinca

Etymology 3

Verb

trinca

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

Further reading

• “trinca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiŋka/ [ˈt̪ɾiŋ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -iŋka
• Hyphenation: trin‧ca

Etymology 1

Probably from Old French strenc (“string, cord, rope”), from Frankish *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand”).

Compare estrinque.

Noun

trinca f (plural trincas)

1. (nautical) string

   Synonyms: cordel, retriza

Related terms

• estrinque

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “trinca”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trinca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trinca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trinca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

trinca

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

Italian

Verb

trinca

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

Anagrams

• tranci

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾĩ.kɐ/

Etymology 1

Like Spanish trinca, probably originally an informal slang word.

Noun

trinca f (plural trincas)

1. triplet; triad (group of three things)

   Synonyms: trio, tríade

Coordinate terms

Coeficiente	Substantivo	Resultado
1	único singular
2	dobro	dupla par dueto
3	triplo	trio trinca terceto tríade trindade
4	quádruplo	quarteto
5	quíntuplo	quinteto
6	sêxtuplo	sexteto
7	sétuplo séptuplo	septeto
8	óctuplo	octeto
9	nônuplo (Brazil) nónuplo (Portugal)	noneto novena
10	décuplo	dezena
11	undécuplo	onzena onzeno
12	duodécuplo	dúzia
100	cêntuplo	centena
muitos	múltiplo

Etymology 2

Deverbal from trincar.

Noun

trinca f (plural trincas)

1. crack (thin break opened in a previously solid material)

   Synonyms: rachadura, fissura

Etymology 3

Verb

trinca

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

Further reading

• “trinca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “trinca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “trinca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Verb

trinca

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

Venetan

Noun

trinca f (plural trinche)

1. trough

Related terms

• trincar