truco

See also: trucó and Truco

Aragonese

FWOTD – 15 April 2013

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾuko/
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Syllabification: tru‧co

Noun

truco m (plural trucos)

  1. blow (act of striking or hitting)
    • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l'Academia de l'Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 43:
      Sintié un truco fuerte... prencipié a tener miedo.
      I felt a strong blow... I started to be scared.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

truco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

Galician

Verb

truco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Spanish truco and/or Catalan truc, both meaning "trick".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾu.ku/

  • Hyphenation: tru‧co

Proper noun

truco m

  1. Truco (card game)

Verb

truco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾuko/ [ˈt̪ɾu.ko]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Syllabification: tru‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French truc.

Noun

truco m (plural trucos)

  1. trick
    1. gimmick, ploy (something designed to fool or swindle)
      Synonyms: artimaña, trampa
    2. piece of a magician's act
    3. effective way of doing something
      bolsa de trucosbag of tricks
  2. catch, gimmick (hidden difficulty)
    ¿Cuál es el truco?What's the catch?
  3. Truco (card game)
  4. (video games) cheat (a hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code)
Derived terms

Verb

truco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

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