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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾinˈkete/
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: trin‧que‧te
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French trinquet.
Noun
trinquete m (plural trinquetes)
- (nautical) foremast
1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:Tenía dos vergas en el palo de trinquete, y en el de mesana que era pequeñísimo flotaba un jirón rojo- It had two yards on the foresail mast, and on that of the tiny mizzen was flapping a ripped rag.
- (nautical) foresail
- (mechanics) ratchet
- (mechanics) ratchet wheel and pawl (entire mechanism)
- buckle
- a variety of a Basque pelota court
- (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, colloquial) strong person, titan, powerhouse, beast
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From trincar + -ete.
Noun
trinquete m (plural trinquetes)
- a kind of hook
- (Mexico, colloquial) rip-off, ripoff
- (Mexico, colloquial) bribe or bribery, shady deal, corrupt affair (usually of a public official)
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