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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾweke/
- Rhymes: -eke
- Syllabification: true‧que
Etymology 1
Deverbal from trocar.
Noun
trueque m (plural trueques)
- barter, exchange
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page VIII:El pueblo […] acepta sin trabajo lo que está habituado a oir, aunque pugne con sus convicciones, a trueque no enredarse en argumentaciones molestas que no le interesan y que tampoco está seguro de saber formular con acierto.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
trueque
- inflection of trocar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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