trancar

See also: trançar

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan tancar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾanˈka(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: tran‧car
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

trancar

1. to close

   Synonyms: tancar, zarrar, clucar, cllucar

Conjugation

Conjugation of trancar (first conjugation)

infinitive			trancar
gerund			trancando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trancau, trancato		trancada, trancata
		plural		trancaus, trancatos		trancadas, trancatas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	tranco	trancas	tranca	trancamos	trancaz	trancan
	imperfect	trancaba, trancabe	trancabas	trancaba	trancabanos	trancabaz	trancaban
	preterite	trancé	trancés	trancó	trancemos	trancez	trancoron, trancón
	future	trancaré	trancarás	trancará	trancaremos	trancarez	trancarán
	conditional	trancaría	trancarías	trancaría	trancaríanos	trancaríaz	trancarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	trance	trances	trance	trancemos	trancez	trancen
	imperfect	trancase	trancases	trancase	trancasenos	trancasez	trancasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	tranca	—	—	trancaz	—

References

• “trancar”, in Diccionario ortografico de l’aragonés (seguntes la PO de l’EFA)‎, Zaragoza: EDACAR, 2023, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From tranca (“door bolt”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃ˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃ˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃ˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: tran‧car

Verb

trancar (first-person singular present tranco, first-person singular preterite tranquei, past participle trancado)

1. to lock, latch

   Ele esqueceu de trancar a porta.

   He forgot to lock the door.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trancar
Personal	trancar	trancares	trancar	trancarmos	trancardes	trancarem
Gerund
	trancando
Past participle
Masculine	trancado			trancados
Feminine	trancada			trancadas
Indicative
Present	tranco	trancas	tranca	trancamos	trancais	trancam
Imperfect	trancava	trancavas	trancava	trancávamos	trancáveis	trancavam
Preterite	tranquei	trancaste	trancou	trancamos1, trancámos2	trancastes	trancaram
Pluperfect	trancara	trancaras	trancara	trancáramos	trancáreis	trancaram
Future	trancarei	trancarás	trancará	trancaremos	trancareis	trancarão
Conditional	trancaria	trancarias	trancaria	trancaríamos	trancaríeis	trancariam
Subjunctive
Present	tranque	tranques	tranque	tranquemos	tranqueis	tranquem
Imperfect	trancasse	trancasses	trancasse	trancássemos	trancásseis	trancassem
Future	trancar	trancares	trancar	trancarmos	trancardes	trancarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tranca	tranque	tranquemos	trancai	tranquem
Negative (não)		não tranques	não tranque	não tranquemos	não tranqueis	não tranquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “trancar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “trancar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾanˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾãŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tran‧car

Verb

trancar (first-person singular present tranco, first-person singular preterite tranqué, past participle trancado)

1. (transitive) to lock, latch, bolt
2. (transitive) to stride (take long steps)

   Synonym: atrancar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trancar
gerund			trancando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trancado		trancada
		plural		trancados		trancadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tranco	trancastú trancásvos	tranca	trancamos	trancáis	trancan
	imperfect	trancaba	trancabas	trancaba	trancábamos	trancabais	trancaban
	preterite	tranqué	trancaste	trancó	trancamos	trancasteis	trancaron
	future	trancaré	trancarás	trancará	trancaremos	trancaréis	trancarán
	conditional	trancaría	trancarías	trancaría	trancaríamos	trancaríais	trancarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tranque	tranquestú tranquésvos2	tranque	tranquemos	tranquéis	tranquen
	imperfect (ra)	trancara	trancaras	trancara	trancáramos	trancarais	trancaran
	imperfect (se)	trancase	trancases	trancase	trancásemos	trancaseis	trancasen
	future1	trancare	trancares	trancare	trancáremos	trancareis	trancaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trancatú trancávos	tranque	tranquemos	trancad	tranquen
	negative		no tranques	no tranque	no tranquemos	no tranquéis	no tranquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of trancar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive trancar	dative	trancarme	trancarte	trancarle, trancarse	trancarnos	trancaros	trancarles, trancarse
	accusative	trancarme	trancarte	trancarlo, trancarla, trancarse	trancarnos	trancaros	trancarlos, trancarlas, trancarse
with gerund trancando	dative	trancándome	trancándote	trancándole, trancándose	trancándonos	trancándoos	trancándoles, trancándose
	accusative	trancándome	trancándote	trancándolo, trancándola, trancándose	trancándonos	trancándoos	trancándolos, trancándolas, trancándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative tranca	dative	tráncame	tráncate	tráncale	tráncanos	not used	tráncales
	accusative	tráncame	tráncate	tráncalo, tráncala	tráncanos	not used	tráncalos, tráncalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative trancá	dative	trancame	trancate	trancale	trancanos	not used	trancales
	accusative	trancame	trancate	trancalo, trancala	trancanos	not used	trancalos, trancalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tranque	dative	tránqueme	not used	tránquele, tránquese	tránquenos	not used	tránqueles
	accusative	tránqueme	not used	tránquelo, tránquela, tránquese	tránquenos	not used	tránquelos, tránquelas
with first-person plural imperative tranquemos	dative	not used	tranquémoste	tranquémosle	tranquémonos	tranquémoos	tranquémosles
	accusative	not used	tranquémoste	tranquémoslo, tranquémosla	tranquémonos	tranquémoos	tranquémoslos, tranquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative trancad	dative	trancadme	not used	trancadle	trancadnos	trancaos	trancadles
	accusative	trancadme	not used	trancadlo, trancadla	trancadnos	trancaos	trancadlos, trancadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tranquen	dative	tránquenme	not used	tránquenle	tránquennos	not used	tránquenles, tránquense
	accusative	tránquenme	not used	tránquenlo, tránquenla	tránquennos	not used	tránquenlos, tránquenlas, tránquense

Related terms

• atrancar
• tranca
• trancazo

Further reading

• “trancar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025