trucar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Homophone: trocar

Verb

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “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

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Occitan trucar, from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾuˈkaɾ/

Verb

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

Conjugation

Synonyms

• turrar

Derived terms

• retrucar
• trucada

Related terms

• truque

References

• “trucar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trucar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “trucar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trucar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “trucar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

trucar

1. to hit; to strike

Conjugation

    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

Synonyms

• tustar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From truque +‎ -ar.

Verb

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 truque)

Conjugation

Related terms

• truque

References

• “trucar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “trucar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Etymology 2

From truca +‎ -ar.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, film) to do trick photography

Conjugation

References

• “trucar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From truco +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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, LGBT, of a drag queen, trans woman, etc.) to tuck (to conceal one’s penis and testicles)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “trucar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014