trincar

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Catalan[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Probably an alteration of Old French tingler (to plug holes in timber with pieces of wood), from Old Norse tengja (to join together, connect).[1]

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trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquí, past participle trincat)

  1. (transitive, nautical) to lash
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Etymology 2[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

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trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquí, past participle trincat)

  1. (intransitive) to clink glasses with someone while drinking
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  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle High German drinken (to drink).

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trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquei, past participle trincado)

  1. to drink wine or liquor
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Etymology 2[edit]

Unknown. Perhaps from Old French tingler (to plug holes in timber with pieces of wood), from Old Norse tengja (to join together, connect).[1][2] Alternatively from estrincar (to tie), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (string). Compare trinca (string).

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trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquei, past participle trincado)

  1. to lash, tie, fasten
    Synonyms: amarrar, atar
  2. to catch, capture
    Synonyms: cachar, capturar, coller
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Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Occitan trencar, from Celtic. Doublet of trinchar.[3]

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trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquei, past participle trincado)

  1. to bite, to squeeze, or cut with the teeth
    Synonyms: chanchar, trabar, triscar
    • 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:
      quedou trincando no dente
      It was left bitten between the teeth
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References[edit]

  • trinc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • trincar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • trincar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • trincar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • trincar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • trincar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “trincar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  3. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “tranzar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Occitan trencar (to crack, break).

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  • Hyphenation: trin‧car

Verb[edit]

trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquei, past participle trincado)

  1. to latch (close with a latch)
  2. to crack (form cracks, break apart under pressure)
  3. to nibble, to chomp

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Occitan trencar (to crack, break).

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  • IPA(key): /tɾinˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾĩŋˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: trin‧car

Verb[edit]

trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinqué, past participle trincado)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) to nick, rob
    • 2017, Inés Apraiz Castellano, Si hubieras bailado para mí:
      Y a eso había que sumarle el intenso martilleo que sentía en la cabeza, por culpa de los cubatas de garrafón que se había trincado para celebrar su gran gesta
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (colloquial, transitive) to kidnap, nab
  3. (colloquial) to screw, shag
  4. (colloquial, transitive) to take out, do away with (kill)
  5. (colloquial) to get drunk
  6. (colloquial, transitive) to bust (a felon)
    • 1994, Ildefonso Manuel Gil, Concierto al atardecer, page 69:
      el martes me trincaron el director y tres polis
      on Tuesday the director and three cops busted me
  7. (Leon, Salamanca, intransitive) to lean

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Venetian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German drinken. Compare Italian trincare.

Verb[edit]

trincar

  1. to drink, especially to knock back a drink

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  • Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.