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English
Noun
troco (uncountable)
- Alternative form of trucco (“lawn billiards”)
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology 1
Back-formation from trocar.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
troco m (plural trocos)
- barter; exchange, switch
- Synonyms: cambio, intercambio
Related terms
References
- “troco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “troco” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “troco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “troco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Etymology 2
Verb
troco
- first-person singular present indicative of trocar
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *trokōn.
Pronunciation
Verb
trocō (present infinitive trocāre, perfect active trocāvī, supine trocātum); first conjugation
- (Medieval Latin) to barter
Conjugation
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Deverbal from trocar (“to switch; to exchange”), from Medieval Latin trocāre (“to barter”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oku
- Hyphenation: tro‧co
Noun
troco m (plural trocos, metaphonic)
- change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)
- Synonym: trocado
- (rare) exchange; switch (act of exchanging or switching two thing)
- Synonyms: permutação, substituição, troca
- (in the plural) a small amount of money
- Synonyms: trocado, miúdo
- (informal) payback (act of revenge)
- Synonyms: retorno, vingança
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔku
- Hyphenation: tro‧co
Verb
troco
- first-person singular present indicative of trocar