trancho
Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate Celtic language, as the name of many other fish in Galician.[1] Attested since the 18th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɾant͡ʃʊ]
Noun
trancho m (plural tranchos)
- European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
- (historical, figurative) student
References
- “trancho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “trancho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “trancho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “trancho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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