troçar

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See also: trocar and trócar

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe from Vulgar Latin tortiāre, from tortus (bent).[1]

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: tro‧çar

Verb

troçar (first-person singular present troço, first-person singular preterite trocei, past participle troçado)

  1. (intransitive) to mock, to ridicule
    Synonyms: escarnecer, ridicularizar, zombar

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References

  1. ^ Antenor Nascentes (1955) “troçar”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Portuguese language etymological dictionary] (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, volume I, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Acadêmica, page 509, column 1