transa

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See also: transá and tranša

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of transação.

Noun

transa f (plural transas)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) deal, trade, agreement
  2. (Brazil, colloquial) sex (an act of sexual intercourse)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

transa

  1. inflection of transar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of transir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾansa/
  • Rhymes: -ansa
  • Syllabification: tran‧sa

Noun

transa m or f by sense (plural transas)

  1. (at least in Argentina) drug dealer
    • 2021 June 30, Katherine Sobering, Javier Auyero, “Entre narcos y policías”, in Anfibia, retrieved 20 December 2023:
      Los “transas” que vendían en la calle y constituían la base de esta estructura piramidal no eran plenamente conscientes –y la evidencia lo muestra– de estos arreglos.
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Verb

transa

  1. inflection of transar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of transir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ Rocha, Heder Leandro (2022 November) “‘A la vuelta de mi casa había un transa’: de la implicación de adolescentes varones con el narcotráfico hacia el mapeo del crimen organizado en el Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina”, in Geograficando (in Spanish), →ISSN

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From transvestit.

Noun

transa c

  1. (colloquial, chiefly derogatory, potentially offensive) a tranny (transvestite)
    Synonym: transvestit

Declension

Declension of transa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative transa transan transor transorna
Genitive transas transans transors transornas

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