# trucar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [tɾuˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [tɾuˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Homophones: trocar (Central Catalan), trucà (except Valencian)

### Verb

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truquí, past participle trucat)
* to hit
    Synonym: tustar
* to knock, to ring (at the door)
* to call, to ring on the telephone

#### Derived terms

* truc
* truca
* trucada

### References

* ↑ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*trūdicare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 13: To–Tyrus, page 329

### Further reading

* “trucar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “trucar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Galician
### Etymology

Perhaps from Old Occitan trucar, from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾuˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾuˈkɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: tru‧car

### Verb

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truquei, past participle trucado)
* to bang head with head (for example, the rams during a fight)
* to knock
* to charge
* (figurative) to argue

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Synonyms

* turrar

#### Derived terms

* retrucar
* trucada

#### Related terms

* truque

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “trucar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trucar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “trucar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trucar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “trocar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Occitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan trucar, from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre, from Latin trūdō + -icō.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

trucar
* to hit; to strike

#### Synonyms

* tustar

## Old Occitan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre, from Latin trūdō + -icō.

#### Verb

trucar
* to hit; to strike

##### Derived terms

* truc

##### Descendants

* Occitan: trucar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

trucar
* to trade; to exchange

##### Derived terms

* truca

### References

* “trucar”, in Dictionnaire de l’occitan médiéval en ligne (in German and French), Munich: LMU, 2013–2025
* “trucar2”, in Dictionnaire de l’occitan médiéval en ligne (in German and French), Munich: LMU, 2013–2025

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾuˈka(ʁ)/ [tɾuˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾuˈka(ʁ)/ [tɾuˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /tɾuˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /tɾuˈka(ʁ)/ [tɾuˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /tɾuˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾuˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾuˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɾuˈka.ɾi/

### Etymology 1

From truco +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truquei, past participle trucado)
* (intransitive, card games) to make the first bid in the game of Truco

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Related terms

* truque

#### References

* “trucar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “trucar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

### Etymology 2

From truca +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truquei, past participle trucado)
* (intransitive, film) to do trick photography

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### References

* “trucar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* truquear (Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico)

### Etymology

From truco +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾuˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾuˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tru‧car

### Verb

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truqué, past participle trucado)
* to tune up, soup up (modify a motor vehicle)
* to rig
* (reflexive, LGBTQ, of a drag queen, trans woman, etc.) to tuck (to conceal one’s penis and testicles)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* trucaje

### References

* ↑ “Cómo trucarse: Guía para las mujeres trans, las personas trans femeninas y las personas a las que se asignó sexo masculino al nacer”, in Trans Lifeline (in Spanish), 2024 January 27 (last accessed)

### Further reading

* “trucar”, 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