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 trucos ― bag 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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