# tronco
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin truncus (“trunk”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾoŋko/ [ˈt̪ɾoŋ.kʊ]
* Rhymes: -oŋko
* Hyphenation: tron‧co

### Noun

tronco m (plural troncos)
* trunk (of a tree)
* stalk of a vine
    Synonyms: cepa, pé
* stalk of a cabbage
    Synonyms: cañoto, couceiro
* torso
* main line of a lineage
** 1409, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 113:
    se aquel que eſta herança ouuer de auer for sandeu ou deſtruydor de seus bẽes, que se torne ao outro do tronco a que perteeſçeu
       if the one who this heirloom would have is foolish or a destroyer of his goods, then it must be turned to another one of the main line to which it belonged

#### Related terms

* troncho
* tronzar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tronco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tronco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tronco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tronco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tronco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtron.ko/
* Rhymes: -onko
* Hyphenation: trón‧co

### Etymology 1

From Latin truncus.

#### Adjective

tronco (feminine tronca, masculine plural tronchi, feminine plural tronche)
* truncated
    parole tronche(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* cut off, mutilated
    Synonyms: mozzato, mutilato
* broken, incomplete
    Synonyms: interrotto, incompleto

##### Derived terms

* in tronco
* troncamente

#### Noun

tronco m (plural tronchi)
* (botany) trunk, log
    Synonym: fusto
* (anatomy) trunk, torso
    Synonym: fusto
* (figurative) section, branch
    Synonyms: tratto, diramazione

##### Derived terms

* troncone

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tronco
* first-person singular present indicative of troncare

### Anagrams

* contro, contro-, contrò

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin truncus (“tree trunk; trunk of a human; cut-off piece”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾõ.ku/
* Homophone: Tronco
* Hyphenation: tron‧co

### Noun

tronco m (plural troncos)
* (botany) tree trunk
    Synonyms: caule, estipe, haste
* (anatomy) trunk; torso
    Synonym: torso
* in a tree structure, a major branch from which smaller branches stem
    Synonym: talo
* (linguistics) a language family which is not a subfamily (that is, the topmost family of a language family tree)
* (geometry) frustum (the portion of a solid hat lies between two parallel planes)
* stocks (type of device for public humiliation and punishment)
    Synonym: (Brazil) vira-mundo
* (historical, colonial Brazil) a post where slaves were tied to be flogged
* prison, jail
    Synonyms: cadeia, prisão, cárcere

#### Related terms

* troncho
* truncado
* truncar

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: tronk
** Afrikaans: tronk
*** → English: tronk
*** → Kwanyama: ondolonggo
* → Gujarati: તુરંગ (turaṅg)
* → Kannada: ತುರಂಗ (turaṅga)
* → Malayalam: തുറുങ്ക് (tuṟuṅkŭ)
* → Marathi: तुरुंग (turuṅga)

### Further reading

* tronco on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{pt}$

### Anagrams

* cróton

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾonko/ [ˈt̪ɾõŋ.ko]
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* Rhymes: -onko
* Syllabification: tron‧co

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin truncus. Cognate with English trunk, Italian tronco, Portuguese tronco.

#### Noun

tronco m (plural troncos)
* trunk (tree trunk)
* trunk (main channel)
    tronco braquiocefálico ― brachiocephalic artery
* torso
    Synonym: torso
* frustum
* team (of mules, etc.)
    Synonym: tiro

##### Derived terms

* picatroncos
* trepatroncos
* tronco de Brasil
* tronco de Navidad
* tronco del encéfalo
* tronco navideño
* tronquista

#### Noun

tronco m (plural troncos, feminine tronca, feminine plural troncas)
* (colloquial, Spain) guy, dude
    Synonym: tron
** 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter I, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 11:—Qué pasa, chavales. ¿Habéis visto el partido, troncos? —pregunta.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tronco
* first-person singular present indicative of troncar

### Further reading

* “tronco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10