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Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Occitan tros (“piece”).
Pronunciation
“Thingy”:
Noun
troço m (plural troços, metaphonic)
- piece, fragment
- section, leg (of a highway or railway line)
É o troço mais emblemático de toda a linha de alta velocidade.- This is the most remarkable leg of the entire high speed line.
- (Brazil) turd (a piece of excrement)
- (Brazil, colloquial) gizmo; thingy
Você pode me passar esse troço?- Can you pass me that thingamajig?
Synonyms
- (piece): pedaço
- (turd): tronço, tolete, cagalhão
- (something of unknown name): coisa, negócio (Brazil), treco (Brazil), bagulho (Brazil), bagaça (Brazil), trem (Brazil: Minas Gerais), pira, cena (Portugal), bang
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
troço
- first-person singular present indicative of troçar