trompa

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately of imitative origin. Probably from a Germanic source (compare Frankish *trumba, Old High German trumpa) via Italian tromba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈtɾum.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈtɾom.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtɾom.pa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Hyphenation: tróm‧pa

Noun

trompa f (plural trompes)

1. French horn
2. horn (e.g. for hunting)
3. trunk (of an animal)
4. (entomology) proboscis (of an insect)
5. (anatomy) tube, duct
6. (architecture) squinch
7. trompe
8. (colloquial) drunkenness

Derived terms

• a trompons
• entrompar
• trompada
• trompera
• trompeta

Related terms

• trompar

Noun

trompa m or f by sense (plural trompes)

1. (music) horn player
2. dunce, simpleton
3. (colloquial) drunkard

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “trompa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “trompa”, 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

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

French tromperbor.

Esperanto trompi

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto trompa

From trompi (“to deceive”, transitive verb) + -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrompa/
• Rhymes: -ompa
• Syllabification: trom‧pa

Adjective

trompa (accusative singular trompan, plural trompaj, accusative plural trompajn)

1. cheating, deceptive

   trompa ŝajno/kvieto ― deceptive appearance/quietness

References

• “trompa”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ̃.pa/
• Hyphenation: trom‧pa

Verb

trompa

1. third-person singular past historic of tromper

Galician

A drawing of a trompa (sense 2) in a Spanish book.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tronpa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Onomatopoeic or alternatively from a Germanic language. Compare English trumpet and drum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾompa/ [ˈt̪ɾom.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -ompa
• Hyphenation: trôm‧pa

Noun

trompa f (plural trompas)

2. (music) horn, trump, trumpet
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 561:

     Et começou o torneo a creçer tãto, et a seer o acapelamento tã grande, et a uolta et os braados et os alaridos et os sõos dos cornos et das tronpas tã grandes et tã esquiuos que ome nõ se podía oýr

     And the tournament began to grow so much, and the carnage was so large, and the din and the shouts and the yells and the sound of the horns and of the trumpets so big and harsh that a man couldn't heard himself

4. (music) jaw harp, Jew's harp

   Synonym: berimbau

6. trunk (extended nasal organ of an elephant)
8. (anatomy) tube especially Fallopian tube (duct)
10. (humorous) nose (protuberance on the face)

    Synonyms: nafro, napia

12. (figurative) drunkenness (state of being drunk)

    Synonym: borracheira

14. spinning top (a toy)

    Synonym: buxaina

Related terms

• trompeta

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “trompa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “trompa”, 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), “trompa”, 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), “trompa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trompa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “trompa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “trompa”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʰrɔm̥pa]
• Rhymes: -ɔm̥pa
• Hyphenation: trom‧pa

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

trompa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative trompaði, supine trompað)

1. (card games) to trump, to play a trump card

Conjugation

trompa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að trompa
supine sagnbót		trompað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		trompandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	trompa	trompaði		trompi	trompaði
	þú	trompar	trompaðir		trompir	trompaðir
	hann, hún, það	trompar	trompaði		trompi	trompaði
plural	við	trompum	trompuðum		trompum	trompuðum
	þið	trompið	trompuðuð		trompið	trompuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	trompa	trompuðu		trompi	trompuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	trompa (þú), trompaðu
plural	þið	trompið (þið), trompiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

trompast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að trompast
supine sagnbót		trompast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		trompandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	trompast	trompaðist		trompist	trompaðist
	þú	trompast	trompaðist		trompist	trompaðist
	hann, hún, það	trompast	trompaðist		trompist	trompaðist
plural	við	trompumst	trompuðumst		trompumst	trompuðumst
	þið	trompist	trompuðust		trompist	trompuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	trompast	trompuðust		trompist	trompuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	trompast (þú), trompastu
plural	þið	trompist (þið), trompisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

trompaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	trompaður	trompuð	trompað	trompaðir	trompaðar	trompuð
accusative (þolfall)	trompaðan	trompaða	trompað	trompaða	trompaðar	trompuð
dative (þágufall)	trompuðum	trompaðri	trompuðu	trompuðum	trompuðum	trompuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	trompaðs	trompaðrar	trompaðs	trompaðra	trompaðra	trompaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	trompaði	trompaða	trompaða	trompuðu	trompuðu	trompuðu
accusative (þolfall)	trompaða	trompuðu	trompaða	trompuðu	trompuðu	trompuðu
dative (þágufall)	trompaða	trompuðu	trompaða	trompuðu	trompuðu	trompuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	trompaða	trompuðu	trompaða	trompuðu	trompuðu	trompuðu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

trompa

1. indefinite genitive plural of tromp

Portuguese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾõ.pɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾõ.pɐ/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾõ.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾõ.pɐ/

• Rhymes: -õpɐ
• Hyphenation: trom‧pa

Noun

trompa f (plural trompas)

2. (anatomy) tube especially Fallopian tube (duct)
3. (music instrument) horn (any of several types of musical wind instruments)

Further reading

• “trompa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “trompa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾompa/ [ˈt̪ɾõm.pa]
• Rhymes: -ompa
• Syllabification: trom‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Frankish *trumpa or Old High German trumpa, trumba, of imitative origin, similar to English drum.

Noun

trompa f (plural trompas)

1. snout (long, projecting nose, mouth and jaw of a beast)
2. trunk (of an elephant)
3. (music) horn
   • 1905, Benito Pérez Galdós, Aita Tettauen:

     He usado y abusado de la trompa, sin cuidarme de atenuar la ronquera de su sonido, y ahora, en esta transformación de mis ideas y en esta repugnancia de la épica militar, me he quedado sin instrumento, pues aunque soplara la trompa, no sacaría de ella más que lamentos desacordes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. proboscis
5. (anatomy) tube (especially the Fallopian tube)

   trompa de Falopio ― Fallopian tube

6. (hydraulics) tromp
7. booze-up; drinking sesh

   Ayer me pillé una trompa de no te menees.

   Yesterday I drank myself stupid.

Derived terms

• atar las trompas
• ligarse las trompas
• trompa de Eustaquio
• trompa de Falopio
• trompa de los Alpes

Related terms

• trompeta
• trompita

See also

• hocico
• morro

Etymology 2

From a vesre form of patrón.

Noun

trompa m (plural trompas)

1. (vesre) boss, protector

Further reading

• “trompa”, 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