# tranca
## Galician
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *taranca (compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”)), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”) (compare Middle Irish tairnge (“iron nail”)), Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾaŋka/ [ˈt̪ɾɑŋ.kɐ]
* Rhymes: -aŋka
* Hyphenation: tran‧ca

#### Noun

tranca f (plural trancas)
* bar used to keep a door closed
* door bolt
* salmon
    Synonyms: salmón, irce (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* atrancar

##### Related terms

* trangallada
* trangallo

### Etymology 2

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *drankiz.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾaŋka̝/

#### Noun

tranca f (plural trancas)
* drunkenness, intoxication

##### Derived terms

* trancazo

##### Related terms

* trincar

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tranq”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tranca”, 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), “tranca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tranca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃kɐ
* Hyphenation: tran‧ca

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *taranca (compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”)), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”) (compare Middle Irish tairnge (“iron nail”)), Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).

#### Noun

tranca f (plural trancas)
* bar, door bolt
    Synonyms: ferrolho, aldraba, aldrava

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tranca
* inflection of trancar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Interjection

tranca
* Alternative form of tranc

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾanka/ [ˈt̪ɾãŋ.ka]
* Rhymes: -anka
* Syllabification: tran‧ca

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *taranca (compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”)), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”) (compare Middle Irish tairnge (“iron nail”)), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).

#### Noun

tranca f (plural trancas)
* thick bar of wood
* bar used to keep closed a door
* door bolt
* (colloquial) drunkenness
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

##### Derived terms

* a trancas y barrancas
* atrancar
* hasta las trancas
* trancar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tranca
* inflection of trancar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “tranca”, 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
* “tranca”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
* DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea

### Anagrams

* cantar