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trucar.

to make the first bid in the game of Truco

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/tɾuˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[tɾuˈka(h)]Brazil/tɾuˈka(ɾ)/São-Paulo/tɾuˈka(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to make the first bid in the game of Truco

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *trewd-der. Proto-Italic *troudō Latin trūdō Latin -ic- 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 -icāre Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre Old Occitan trucar Old Occitan trucbor. Old French trut Middle French truc French trucbor. Spanish trucobor. Portuguese truco Portuguese -ar Portuguese trucar From truco + -ar.

verb/tɾuˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[tɾuˈka(h)]Brazil/tɾuˈka(ɾ)/São-Paulo/tɾuˈka(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to do trick photography

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From truca + -ar.

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