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)

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

References

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