trunfo

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin triumphus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾunfo/
  • Rhymes: -unfo
  • Hyphenation: trun‧fo

Noun

trunfo m (plural trunfos)

  1. triumph, victory
    Synonyms: éxito, vitoria
    • 1808, anonymous author, Un labrador que foi sarxento:
      Salirán cando volvades,
      Para traervos en trunfo
      Con gaitas e con ferreñas,
      Todal as Mozas de rumbo.
      They'll come out on your return,
      for bringing you in triumph
      with bagpipes and zills,
      all the girls along the way
  2. (card games) trump

Verb

trunfo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trunfar

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: trun‧fo

Etymology 1

From Latin triumphus. Doublet of triunfo.

Noun

trunfo m (plural trunfos)

  1. (card games) trump (suit that outranks all others)
  2. (card games) trump (playing card of that suit)
  3. (figuratively) trump (something that gives one an advantage)

Etymology 2

Verb

trunfo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trunfar