tranco
Spanish, noun
tranco is spelled T-R-A-N-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 89,640th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tranco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “large step or jump” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of trancar. With an accent, trancó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of trancar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Paso de gran longitud”.
What does tranco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelarge step or jump
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of trancar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of trancar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paso de gran longitud. 2. Parte inferior, normalmente dotada de un escalón, de una puerta o portal, y por extensión el vano de ésta. 3. Recorrido entre dos lugares. 4. Puntada larga de una costura rápida o tosca.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tranco
- trancos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tranco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tranco in Spanish?
tranco appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).