truhanesco

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish truhan

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.

Late Latin -iscus

Spanish -esco

Spanish truhanesco

From truhan + -esco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾuaˈnesko/ [t̪ɾu.aˈnes.ko]
  • Rhymes: -esko
• IPA^(key): /tɾwaˈnesko/ [t̪ɾwaˈnes.ko]
  • Rhymes: -esko
• Syllabification: truha‧nes‧co

Adjective

truhanesco (feminine truhanesca, masculine plural truhanescos, feminine plural truhanescas)

1. buffoonish; foolish
2. crooked; bent; swindling

Further reading

• “truhanesco”, 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