trancho

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate Celtic language, as the name of many other fish in Galician.[1] Attested since the 18th century.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

trancho m (plural tranchos)

  1. European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
  2. (historical, figurative) student

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “trancho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos