trinchar

Galician

Alternative forms

• trenchar

Etymology

From Old French trenchier (“to cut”), from Celtic. Doublet of trincar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɾinˈt͡ʃaɾ]

Verb

trinchar (first-person singular present trincho, first-person singular preterite trinchei, past participle trinchado)

1. to slice, shred

   Synonym: tallar

2. to grind (one's teeth)
3. to cut gorse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trinchar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trinchar
Personal	trinchar	trinchares	trinchar	trincharmos	trinchardes	trincharen
Gerund
	trinchando
Past participle
Masculine	trinchado			trinchados
Feminine	trinchada			trinchadas
Indicative
Present	trincho	trinchas	trincha	trinchamos	trinchades	trinchan
Imperfect	trinchaba	trinchabas	trinchaba	trinchabamos	trinchabades	trinchaban
Preterite	trinchei	trinchaches	trinchou	trinchamos	trinchastes	trincharon
Pluperfect	trinchara	trincharas	trinchara	trincharamos	trincharades	trincharan
Future	trincharei	trincharás	trinchará	trincharemos	trincharedes	trincharán
Conditional	trincharía	trincharías	trincharía	trinchariamos	trinchariades	trincharían
Subjunctive
Present	trinche	trinches	trinche	trinchemos	trinchedes	trinchen
Imperfect	trinchase	trinchases	trinchase	trinchásemos	trinchásedes	trinchasen
Future	trinchar	trinchares	trinchar	trincharmos	trinchardes	trincharen
Imperative
Affirmative		trincha	trinche	trinchemos	trinchade	trinchen
Negative (non)		non trinches	non trinche	non trinchemos	non trinchedes	non trinchen

    Reintegrated conjugation of trinchar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trinchar
Personal	trinchar	trinchares	trinchar	trincharmos	trinchardes	trincharem
Gerund
	trinchando
Past participle
Masculine	trinchado			trinchados
Feminine	trinchada			trinchadas
Indicative
Present	trincho	trinchas	trincha	trinchamos	trinchades, trinchais	trincham
Imperfect	trinchava	trinchavas	trinchava	trinchávamos	trinchávades, trincháveis, trinchávais1	trinchavam
Preterite	trinchei	trinchaste, trinchache1	trinchou	trinchamos	trinchastes	trinchárom, trincharam
Pluperfect	trinchara	trincharas	trinchara	trincháramos	trinchárades, trincháreis, trinchárais1	trincharam
Future	trincharei	trincharás	trinchará	trincharemos	trincharedes, trinchareis	trincharám, trincharão
Conditional	trincharia	trincharias	trincharia	trincharíamos	trincharíades, trincharíeis, trincharíais1	trinchariam
Subjunctive
Present	trinche	trinches	trinche	trinchemos	trinchedes, trincheis	trinchem
Imperfect	trinchasse	trinchasses	trinchasse	trinchássemos	trinchássedes, trinchásseis	trinchassem
Future	trinchar	trinchares	trinchar	trincharmos	trinchardes	trincharem
Imperative
Affirmative		trincha	trinche	trinchemos	trinchade, trinchai	trinchem
Negative (nom)		nom trinches	nom trinche	nom trinchemos	nom trinchedes, nom trincheis	nom trinchem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• estrinchar
• trencha
• trincha
• trinchador
• trinchante
• trincheira
• trinchete

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trinchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “trinchar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trinchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “trinchar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trinchar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trenchar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From French trancher.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: trin‧char

Verb

trinchar (first-person singular present trincho, first-person singular preterite trinchei, past participle trinchado)

1. to shred (to cut or tear into narrow pieces or strips)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trinchar (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	trinchar
Personal	trinchar	trinchares	trinchar	trincharmos	trinchardes	trincharem
Gerund
	trinchando
Past participle
Masculine	trinchado			trinchados
Feminine	trinchada			trinchadas
Indicative
Present	trincho	trinchas	trincha	trinchamos	trinchais	trincham
Imperfect	trinchava	trinchavas	trinchava	trinchávamos	trincháveis	trinchavam
Preterite	trinchei	trinchaste	trinchou	trinchamos1, trinchámos2	trinchastes	trincharam
Pluperfect	trinchara	trincharas	trinchara	trincháramos	trincháreis	trincharam
Future	trincharei	trincharás	trinchará	trincharemos	trinchareis	trincharão
Conditional	trincharia	trincharias	trincharia	trincharíamos	trincharíeis	trinchariam
Subjunctive
Present	trinche	trinches	trinche	trinchemos	trincheis	trinchem
Imperfect	trinchasse	trinchasses	trinchasse	trinchássemos	trinchásseis	trinchassem
Future	trinchar	trinchares	trinchar	trincharmos	trinchardes	trincharem
Imperative
Affirmative		trincha	trinche	trinchemos	trinchai	trinchem
Negative (não)		não trinches	não trinche	não trinchemos	não trincheis	não trinchem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾinˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [t̪ɾĩnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: trin‧char

Verb

trinchar (first-person singular present trincho, first-person singular preterite trinché, past participle trinchado)

1. to carve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trinchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trinchar
gerund			trinchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trinchado		trinchada
		plural		trinchados		trinchadas
		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	trincho	trinchastú trinchásvos	trincha	trinchamos	trincháis	trinchan
	imperfect	trinchaba	trinchabas	trinchaba	trinchábamos	trinchabais	trinchaban
	preterite	trinché	trinchaste	trinchó	trinchamos	trinchasteis	trincharon
	future	trincharé	trincharás	trinchará	trincharemos	trincharéis	trincharán
	conditional	trincharía	trincharías	trincharía	trincharíamos	trincharíais	trincharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trinche	trinchestú trinchésvos2	trinche	trinchemos	trinchéis	trinchen
	imperfect (ra)	trinchara	trincharas	trinchara	trincháramos	trincharais	trincharan
	imperfect (se)	trinchase	trinchases	trinchase	trinchásemos	trinchaseis	trinchasen
	future1	trinchare	trinchares	trinchare	trincháremos	trinchareis	trincharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trinchatú trinchávos	trinche	trinchemos	trinchad	trinchen
	negative		no trinches	no trinche	no trinchemos	no trinchéis	no trinchen

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

    Selected combined forms of trinchar

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 trinchar	dative	trincharme	trincharte	trincharle, trincharse	trincharnos	trincharos	trincharles, trincharse
	accusative	trincharme	trincharte	trincharlo, trincharla, trincharse	trincharnos	trincharos	trincharlos, trincharlas, trincharse
with gerund trinchando	dative	trinchándome	trinchándote	trinchándole, trinchándose	trinchándonos	trinchándoos	trinchándoles, trinchándose
	accusative	trinchándome	trinchándote	trinchándolo, trinchándola, trinchándose	trinchándonos	trinchándoos	trinchándolos, trinchándolas, trinchándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative trincha	dative	trínchame	trínchate	trínchale	trínchanos	not used	trínchales
	accusative	trínchame	trínchate	trínchalo, trínchala	trínchanos	not used	trínchalos, trínchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative trinchá	dative	trinchame	trinchate	trinchale	trinchanos	not used	trinchales
	accusative	trinchame	trinchate	trinchalo, trinchala	trinchanos	not used	trinchalos, trinchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative trinche	dative	tríncheme	not used	trínchele, trínchese	trínchenos	not used	tríncheles
	accusative	tríncheme	not used	trínchelo, trínchela, trínchese	trínchenos	not used	trínchelos, trínchelas
with first-person plural imperative trinchemos	dative	not used	trinchémoste	trinchémosle	trinchémonos	trinchémoos	trinchémosles
	accusative	not used	trinchémoste	trinchémoslo, trinchémosla	trinchémonos	trinchémoos	trinchémoslos, trinchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative trinchad	dative	trinchadme	not used	trinchadle	trinchadnos	trinchaos	trinchadles
	accusative	trinchadme	not used	trinchadlo, trinchadla	trinchadnos	trinchaos	trinchadlos, trinchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative trinchen	dative	trínchenme	not used	trínchenle	trínchennos	not used	trínchenles, trínchense
	accusative	trínchenme	not used	trínchenlo, trínchenla	trínchennos	not used	trínchenlos, trínchenlas, trínchense

Further reading

• “trinchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024