truhan

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Spanish

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Etymology

According to Coromines and Pascual, from Old Spanish trufán, attested since the 13th century, borrowed from Old French truand (“a mendicant; a crook or gangster”), from a Gaulish *trūgantos, perhaps diminutive of *trūgos, cognate with English truant, Irish trogán, related to Old Irish tróg (“miserable, unfortunate”), Breton tru (“weak”).

Pronunciation

Noun

truhan m (plural truhanes, feminine truhana, feminine plural truhanas)

  1. a scoundrel, scammer, swindler
  2. a rogue, crook
  3. (historical) a medieval jester, buffoon

Derived terms

Adjective

truhan (feminine truhana, masculine plural truhanes, feminine plural truhanas)

  1. cunning, tricky
  2. (figuratively) clowning, wisecracking (said of a person)

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