trunco

See also: truncó

Catalan

Verb

trunco

1. first-person singular present indicative of truncar

Galician

Verb

trunco

1. first-person singular present indicative of truncar

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ-der.?

Latin truncus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin truncō

From truncus (“trunk, shaft, main part”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtrʊŋ.kɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtruŋ.ko]

Verb

truncō (present infinitive truncāre, perfect active truncāvī, supine truncātum); first conjugation

1. to maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces
2. to truncate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of truncō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	truncō		truncās		truncat		truncāmus		truncātis		truncant
	imperfect	truncābam		truncābās		truncābat		truncābāmus		truncābātis		truncābant
	future	truncābō		truncābis		truncābit		truncābimus		truncābitis		truncābunt
	perfect	truncāvī		truncāvistī		truncāvit		truncāvimus		truncāvistis		truncāvērunt, truncāvēre
	pluperfect	truncāveram		truncāverās		truncāverat		truncāverāmus		truncāverātis		truncāverant
	future perfect	truncāverō		truncāveris		truncāverit		truncāverimus		truncāveritis		truncāverint
passive	present	truncor		truncāris, truncāre		truncātur		truncāmur		truncāminī		truncantur
	imperfect	truncābar		truncābāris, truncābāre		truncābātur		truncābāmur		truncābāminī		truncābantur
	future	truncābor		truncāberis, truncābere		truncābitur		truncābimur		truncābiminī		truncābuntur
	perfect	truncātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	truncātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	truncātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	truncem		truncēs		truncet		truncēmus		truncētis		truncent
	imperfect	truncārem		truncārēs		truncāret		truncārēmus		truncārētis		truncārent
	perfect	truncāverim		truncāverīs		truncāverit		truncāverīmus		truncāverītis		truncāverint
	pluperfect	truncāvissem		truncāvissēs		truncāvisset		truncāvissēmus		truncāvissētis		truncāvissent
passive	present	truncer		truncēris, truncēre		truncētur		truncēmur		truncēminī		truncentur
	imperfect	truncārer		truncārēris, truncārēre		truncārētur		truncārēmur		truncārēminī		truncārentur
	perfect	truncātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	truncātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		truncā		—		—		truncāte		—
	future	—		truncātō		truncātō		—		truncātōte		truncantō
passive	present	—		truncāre		—		—		truncāminī		—
	future	—		truncātor		truncātor		—		—		truncantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		truncāre			truncārī			truncāns			—
future		truncātūrum esse			truncātum īrī			truncātūrus			truncandus
perfect		truncāvisse			truncātum esse			—			truncātus
future perfect		—			truncātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		truncātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		truncandī		truncandō		truncandum		truncandō		truncātum		truncātū

Derived terms

• dētruncō
• obtruncō

Related terms

• trunculus
• truncus

Descendants

• Catalan: troncar, → truncar (learned)
• English: truncate
• French: tronquer, troncher
  • → English: >? trounce, trench
• ⇒ Galician: tronzar
• Italian: troncare
• Portuguese: truncar, troncar
• → Spanish: truncar (learned)

References

• “trunco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “trunco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “trunco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

trunco

1. first-person singular present indicative of truncar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾunko/ [ˈt̪ɾũŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -unko
• Syllabification: trun‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin truncus.

Adjective

trunco (feminine trunca, masculine plural truncos, feminine plural truncas)

1. truncated, shortened, incomplete

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

trunco

1. first-person singular present indicative of truncar

Further reading

• “trunco”, 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