truco.
Truco (card game)
Meaning & usage
Truco (card game)
a bet in Truco
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 Borrowed from Spanish truco. Doublet of truque.
said when asking for a bet in Truco
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 Borrowed from Spanish truco. Doublet of truque.
first-person singular present indicative of trucar
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