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Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate Celtic language, as the name of many other fish in Galician.[1] Attested since the 18th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
trancho m (plural tranchos)
- European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
- (historical, figurative) student
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trancho”, 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), “trancho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trancho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN