truco

See also: trucó, and Truco

Aragonese

FWOTD – 15 April 2013

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾuko/
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: tru‧co

Noun

truco m (plural trucos)

1. blow (act of striking or hitting)
   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l'Academia de l'Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 43:

     Sintié un truco fuerte... prencipié a tener miedo.

     I felt a strong blow... I started to be scared.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɾu.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾu.ko]

Verb

truco

1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

Galician

Verb

truco

1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾu.ku/

• Rhymes: -uku
• Hyphenation: tru‧co

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *trewd-der.

Proto-Italic *troudō

Latin trūdō

Latin -icō

Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre

Old Occitan trucar

Old Occitan trucbor.

Old French trut

Middle French truc

French trucbor.

Spanish trucobor.

Portuguese truco

Borrowed from Spanish truco. Doublet of truque.

Noun

truco m (plural trucos)

1. Truco (card game)
   • 1912, João Simões Lopes Neto, “Jogo do osso”, in Contos gäuchescos, Pelotas: Echenique & C. Editores, page 168:

     O que ele queria era gente, peonada, andantes, vagabundos, carreteiros, para poder vender canha e comida e doces; e de noite facilitava umas mesas de primeira, de truco ou de sete-em-porta para tirar o cafife.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. a bet in Truco
   • 2014, Jorge André Sevillis Almeida, “Morada do destino”, in Isaac: prólogo de um novo mundo, Brasília, →ISBN, page 518:

     Wallisson e Júnior saíram da jogada. Outra roda se iniciou e, dessa vez, Júnior colocava a primeira carta. A rodada acabou com a vitória da dupla de Daniel. Na rodada seguinte, outra carta foi jogada por ele. Dessa vez, não pediu truco.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• trucar
• truco gaúcho
• truco gaudério
• truco paulista

 

Interjection

truco!

1. said when asking for a bet in Truco
   • 1881, Francisco Coelho Duarte Badaró, chapter XV, in Fantina, Rio de Janeiro: Garnier, page 60:

     Frederico a esta prova de amor, atordoou-se. Esqueceu-se das cartas e instinctivamente dizia:
     — Truco.
     Dando uma forte punhada na mesa o Teixeira bradou:
     — Seis, jogador!
     E Frederico perdia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

truco

1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

References

• “truco”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “truco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “truco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “truco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾuko/ [ˈt̪ɾu.ko]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: tru‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French truc.

Noun

truco m (plural trucos)

1. trick
   1. gimmick, ploy (something designed to fool or swindle)

      Synonyms: artimaña, trampa

   2. piece of a magician's act
   3. effective way of doing something

      bolsa de trucos ― bag of tricks

2. catch, gimmick (hidden difficulty)

   ¿Cuál es el truco? ― What's the catch?

3. Truco (card game)
4. (video games) cheat (a hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code)

Derived terms

• dulce o truco (“trick-or-treat”) (Argentina)
• perro viejo no aprende trucos nuevos
• truco de magia
• truco del almendruco
• truco o caramelo (“trick-or-treat”) (Spain)
• truco o trato (“trick-or-treat”) (Spain)
• trucos del oficio
• truquito

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: truco

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

truco

1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

Further reading

• “truco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• curto
• turco