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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tropa.
Pronunciation
Noun
tropa f (plural tropes)
- (military) army, troop
- (derogatory) crowd, throng
References
Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1603. Ultimately from French troupe.
Pronunciation
Noun
tropa f (plural tropas)
- troop, crowd
- (military) army, troop
1603, Rosario Álvarez, edited by Ernesto González, Cartas a Conde de Gondomar:a meu yrmaõ Jeronimo frde de ponteuedra, vn alcalde que foy da bila mesma, passando as tropas dos soldados, lle a feyto vma senjustiça tocandolle na onrra, que he coussa para a cassa de meu pay de moita estima- to my brother Xerónimo Fernández de Pontevedra, a later alderman of this same town while reviewing the soldiers' troops made him an injustice, touching him in his honor, which is a thing of great value for my father's house
- herd
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Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
tropa f (plural tropas)
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Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French troupe. Doublet of trupe.
Pronunciation
Noun
tropa f (plural tropas)
- military service
- (in the plural) troop (military forces)
Further reading
- “tropa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Etymology 2
Verb
tropa
- inflection of tropar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Interjection
tropa
- Alternative form of trop
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French troupe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾopa/
- Rhymes: -opa
- Syllabification: tro‧pa
Noun
tropa f (plural tropas)
- troop, crowd
- (military) army, troop
- (Latin America) flock, herd
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tropa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾopa/,
- Hyphenation: tro‧pa
Noun
tropa (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜉ)
- (colloquial) group of friends
- Synonyms: barkada, dabarkads, tropatuts
- (military) troop
- group; band
- Synonyms: pangkat, grupo, pangkatin
- herd; flock
- Synonym: kawan
- gang
- (music) troupe (of singers)
Derived terms