trinca

See also: trincá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾiŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈtɾiŋ.ka]

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Noun

trinca f (plural trinques)

1. trio, threesome (set of three)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from trincar.

Noun

trinca f (plural trinques)

1. (nautical) lashing

Derived terms

• nou de trinca

Etymology 3

Verb

trinca

1. inflection of trincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “trinca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology 1

Probably from Old French strenc (“string, cord, rope”), from Frankish *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand”).

Compare estrinque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiŋka̝/

Noun

trinca f (plural trincas)

1. (nautical) string

   Synonyms: cordel, retriza

Related terms

• estrinque

References

• “trinca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “trinca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trinca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trinca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

trinca

1. inflection of trincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

trinca

1. inflection of trincare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• tranci

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾĩ.kɐ/

Etymology 1

Like Spanish trinca, probably originally an informal slang word.

Noun

trinca f (plural trincas)

1. triplet; triad (group of three things)

   Synonyms: trio, tríade

Coordinate terms

Coeficiente	Substantivo	Resultado
1	único singular
2	dobro	dupla par duo
3	triplo	trio trinca terceto tríade
4	quádruplo	quarteto
5	quíntuplo	quinteto
6	sêxtuplo	sexteto
7	sétuplo séptuplo	septeto
8	óctuplo	octeto
9	nônuplo (Brazil) nónuplo (Portugal)	noneto/novena
10	décuplo	dezena
11	undécuplo	onzena/onzeno
12	duodécuplo	dúzia
100	cêntuplo
muitos	múltiplo

Etymology 2

Deverbal from trincar.

Noun

trinca f (plural trincas)

1. crack (thin break opened in a previously solid material)

   Synonyms: rachadura, fissura

Etymology 3

Verb

trinca

1. inflection of trincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “trinca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “trinca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Verb

trinca

1. inflection of trincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Venetian

Noun

trinca f (plural trinche)

1. trough

Related terms

• trincar