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truque.

trick (something designed to fool)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɾu.ki/Brazil/ˈtɾu.kɨ/Portugal
  1. trick (something designed to fool)

    masculine
  2. trick (single piece of a magician’s act)

    masculine
  3. trick (an effective, clever or quick way of doing something)

    broadly · masculine
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. Portuguese truque Borrowed from French truc, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *trudicō, from Latin trudō. Doublet of truco.

verb/ˈtɾu.ki/Brazil/ˈtɾu.kɨ/Portugal
  1. inflection of trucar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of trucar: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
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