truncar.
to truncate, cut off, cut on one side
Meaning & usage
to truncate, cut off, cut on one side
El nuevo edificio de la Tate Gallery presenta una fachada truncada.
to be disappointing to one's expectacions
Sus ilusiones se vieron truncadas.
to interrupt and not let further develop
Una novela sobre unos refugiados que vieron truncadas sus vidas por la guerra.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ-der.? Latin truncus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin truncōlbor. Spanish truncar Learned borrowing from Latin truncō, from truncus (“trunk, shaft, main part”) + -ō.
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