truque

See also: truqué

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁyk/
• Homophones: truc, truquent, truques

Verb

truque

1. inflection of truquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology 1

From trucar (“to bang”).

Alternative forms

• truco

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɾukɪ]

Noun

truque m (plural truques)

1. bang to the head

   Synonym: croque

Related terms

• trucar

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

truque

1. inflection of trucar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾu.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾu.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾu.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾu.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -uki, (Portugal) -ukɨ
• Hyphenation: tru‧que

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *trewd-der.

Proto-Italic *troudō

Vulgar Latin trūdō

Vulgar Latin -icāre

Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre

Old Occitan trucar

Old Occitan trucbor.

Old French trut

Middle French truc

French trucbor.

Portuguese truque

Borrowed from French truc, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *trudicō, from Latin trudō. Doublet of truco.

Noun

truque m (plural truques)

1. trick (something designed to fool)

   Synonym: artimanha

2. trick (single piece of a magician’s act)
3. (by extension) trick (an effective, clever or quick way of doing something)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

truque

1. inflection of trucar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾuke/ [ˈt̪ɾu.ke]
• Rhymes: -uke
• Syllabification: tru‧que

Verb

truque

1. inflection of trucar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative