trucar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Homophones: trocar (Central Catalan), trucà (except Valencian)

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truquí, past participle trucat)

1. to hit

   Synonym: tustar

2. to knock, to ring (at the door)
3. to call, to ring on the telephone

• “trucar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “trucar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Perhaps from Old Occitan trucar,^[1] from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre.

• IPA^(key): /tɾuˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: tru‧car

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truquei, past participle trucado)

1. to bang head with head (for example, the rams during a fight)
2. to knock
3. to charge
4. (figurative) to argue

• turrar

• retrucar
• trucada

• truque

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “trucar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trucar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “trucar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trucar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Occitan trucar, from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre, from Latin trūdō + -icō.

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trucar

1. to hit; to strike

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		trucar			aver trucat
gerund		trucant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		trucat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	truqui	trucas	truca	trucam	trucatz	trucan
	imperfect	trucavi	trucavas	trucava	trucàvem	trucàvetz	trucavan
	preterite	truquèri	truquères	truquèt	truquèrem	truquèretz	truquèron
	future	trucarai	trucaràs	trucarà	trucarem	trucaretz	trucaràn
	conditional	trucariái	trucariás	trucariá	trucariam	trucariatz	trucarián
	conditional 2nd form1	truquèra	truquèras	truquèra	truqueram	truqueratz	truquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	truque	truques	truque	truquem	truquetz	truquen
	imperfect	truquèssi	truquèsses	truquèsse	truquèssem	truquèssetz	truquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			truca		truquem	trucatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		trucar			aver trucat
gerund		trucant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		trucat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	truque	truques	truca	trucam	trucatz	trucon
	imperfect	trucave	trucaves	trucava	trucaviam	trucaviatz	trucavon
	preterite	truquere	truqueres	truquet	truquem	truquetz	truqueron
	future	trucarai	trucaràs	trucará	trucarem	trucaretz	trucarán
	conditional	trucariá	trucariás	trucariá	trucariam	trucariatz	trucarián
	conditional 2nd form1	truquèra	truquèras	truquèra	truqueram	truqueratz	truquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	truque	truques	truque	trucassiam	trucassiatz	trucon
	imperfect	truquesse	truquesses	truquesse	truquessiam	truquessiatz	truquesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			truca		trucassiam	trucatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		trucar			aver trucat
gerund		trucant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		trucat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	truqui	trucas	truca	trucam	trucatz	trucan
	imperfect	trucavi	trucavas	trucava	trucàvam	trucàvatz	trucavan
	preterite	truquèi	truquès	truquè	truquèm	truquètz	truquèn
	future	trucarèi	trucaràs	trucarà	trucaram	trucaratz	trucaràn
	conditional	trucarí	trucarés	trucaré	trucarem	trucaretz	trucarén
	conditional 2nd form1	truquèra	truquèras	truquèra	truqueram	truqueratz	truquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	truqui	truques	truque	truquem	truquetz	truquen
	imperfect	truquèssi	truquèsses	truquèsse	truquèssem	truquèssetz	truquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			truca		truquem	trucatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		trucar			aver trucat
gerund		trucant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		trucat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	truque	trucas	truca	trucam	trucatz	trucan
	imperfect	trucava	trucavas	trucava	trucàvam	trucàvatz	trucavan
	preterite	truquei	truqueras	truquet	truquèram	truquèratz	truqueran
	future	trucarai	trucaràs	trucará	trucarem	trucaretz	trucarán
	conditional	trucariá	trucariàs	trucariá	trucariam	trucariatz	trucarián
	conditional 2nd form1	truquèra	truquèras	truquèra	truqueram	truqueratz	truquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	truque	truques	truque	truquem	truquetz	truquen
	imperfect	truquèsse	truquèsses	truquèsse	truquèssem	truquèssetz	truquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			truca		truquem	trucatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		trucar			aver trucat
gerund		trucant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		trucat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	truque	truques	truca	trucam	trucatz	trucan
	imperfect	trucavi	trucavas	trucava	trucàvem	trucàvetz	trucavan
	preterite	truquère	truquères	truquèt	truqueriam	truqueriatz	truquèron
	future	trucarai	trucaràs	trucarà	trucarem	trucaretz	trucaràn
	conditional	trucariáu	trucariás	trucariá	trucariam	trucariatz	trucarián
	conditional 2nd form1	truquèra	truquèras	truquèra	truqueram	truqueratz	truquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	truque	truques	truque	truquem	truquetz	trucan
	imperfect	truquèsse	truquèsses	truquèsse	truquessiam	truquessiatz	truquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			truca		truquem	trucatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

• tustar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre, from Latin trūdō + -icō.

trucar

1. to hit; to strike

• Occitan: trucar

trucar

1. to trade; to exchange

• “trucar”, in Dictionnaire de l’occitan médiéval en ligne (in German and French), Munich: LMU, 2013–2024
• “trucar2”, in Dictionnaire de l’occitan médiéval en ligne (in German and French), Munich: LMU, 2013–2024

From truco +‎ -ar.

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truquei, past participle trucado)

1. (intransitive, card games) to make the first bid in the game of Truco

• truque

• “trucar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “trucar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

From truca +‎ -ar.

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truquei, past participle trucado)

1. (intransitive, film) to do trick photography

• “trucar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

• truquear (Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico)

From truco +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /tɾuˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tru‧car

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truqué, past participle trucado)

1. to tune up, soup up (modify a motor vehicle)
2. to rig
3. (reflexive, LGBTQ, of a drag queen, trans woman, etc.) to tuck (to conceal one’s penis and testicles)^[1]

• “trucar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10