trenza

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See also: trenzá

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈtɾenθa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈtɾensa/
  • Rhymes: -enθa
  • Rhymes: -ensa
  • Syllabification: tren‧za

Etymology 1

Probably a blend of Old French tresce (“tress”) and trena (“sash”) (Vulgar Latin *trena << Latin trina (“triple”)). Possibly influenced by tres (“three”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia.

Noun

trenza f (plural trenzas)

  1. plait, braid, tress, pigtail

Etymology 2

Verb

trenza

  1. inflection of trenzar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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