troco

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See also: trocó, trôco, and troço

English

Noun

troco (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of trucco (lawn billiards)

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from trocar.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

troco m (plural trocos)

  1. barter; exchange, switch
    Synonyms: cambio, intercambio

References

Etymology 2

Verb

troco

  1. 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

  1. (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)

  1. change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)
    Synonym: trocado
  2. (rare) exchange; switch (act of exchanging or switching two thing)
    Synonyms: permutação, substituição, troca
  3. (in the plural) a small amount of money
    Synonyms: trocado, miúdo
  4. (informal) payback (act of revenge)
    Synonyms: retorno, vingança
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔku
  • Hyphenation: tro‧co

Verb

troco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trocar