trocha

See also: Trocha and trochã

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trocha.

Noun

trocha (plural trochas)

1. (military, Latin America) A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region.

Anagrams

• Thraco-, arcoth

Czech

Alternative forms

• troch (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech trocha, from Proto-Slavic *troxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtroxa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: tro‧cha

Noun

trocha f (diminutive troška)

1. a little, bit

   Nemáš ještě trochu tabáku? ― Do you have a little tobacco left?

Declension

Declension of trocha (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	trocha	trochy
genitive	trochy	troch
dative	troše	trochám
accusative	trochu	trochy
vocative	trocho	trochy
locative	troše	trochách
instrumental	trochou	trochami

Derived terms

• trochu
• troška

Further reading

• “trocha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “trocha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “trocha”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *troxa. First attested in the beginning of the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /trɔxa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /trɔxa/

Noun

trocha f

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) a little (small amount)
   • 1880-1894 [Middle of the 15th century], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎^[1], volume V, page 280:

     Est etiam mundus locus incultus propter raritatem et paucitatem, prze rzathkocz a throchą, virtutum

     [Est etiam mundus locus incultus propter raritatem et paucitatem, prze rzadkoć a trochę, virtutum]

   • Beginning of the 15th century, Łukasz z Wielkiego Koźmina, Kazania gnieźnieńskie‎^{transliteration, transcription}, Krakow, page 4a:

     Tedy vøcz Maria gest bila suego sinka porodila y *gescy gy ona f gasly na trochø szana bila polosila

     [Tedy więc Maryja jest była swego synka porodziła i jesci ji ona w jasły na trochę siana była położyła]

Derived terms

adverb

• trochę

Descendants

• Polish: trocha

References

• Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “trocha”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *troxa

Old Polish trocha

Polish trocha

Inherited from Old Polish trocha.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔ.xa/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kociewie) IPA^(key): [ˈtrɔ.xa]

• Rhymes: -ɔxa
• Syllabification: tro‧cha

Noun

trocha f

1. (obsolete or dialectal, Kociewie, Malbork) small amount

Declension

Declension of trocha

	singular	plural
nominative	trocha	trochy
genitive	trochy	troch
dative	trosze	trochom
accusative	trochę	trochy
instrumental	trochą	trochami
locative	trosze	trochach
vocative	trocho	trochy

Further reading

• “trocha”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889), “trocha”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 747

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾot͡ʃa/ [ˈt̪ɾo.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -otʃa
• Syllabification: tro‧cha

Noun

trocha f (plural trochas)

1. trail, narrow path
2. (South America) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)

Further reading

• “trocha”, 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