truncar
Spanish, verb/tɾunˈkaɾ/
truncar is spelled T-R-U-N-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 108,574th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Truncar is a Spanish verb meaning “to truncate, cut off, cut on one side” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tronchar”.
What does truncar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to truncate, cut off, cut on one side
El nuevo edificio de la Tate Gallery presenta una fachada truncada.
- 2
to be disappointing to one's expectacions
Sus ilusiones se vieron truncadas.
- 3
to interrupt and not let further develop
Una novela sobre unos refugiados que vieron truncadas sus vidas por la guerra.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tronchar. 2. Partir o dividir rompiendo. 3. Suprimir voces, períodos, etc. dejar incompleto. 4. Alterar el sentido de alguna oración por la trasposición de los vocablos.
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 truncar
- trunco first-person present singular
- trunqué first-person preterite singular
- truncado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- truncando gerund
- truncada feminine participle past
- truncados masculine participle past
- truncadas feminine participle past
- truncas indicative informal present
- truncás indicative informal present
- trunca indicative present singular
- truncamos first-person indicative plural
- truncáis indicative plural present
- truncan indicative plural present
- truncaba first-person imperfect indicative
- truncabas imperfect indicative second-person
- truncábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- truncabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce truncar?
- /tɾunˈkaɾ/
- [t̪ɾũŋˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to truncar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is truncar in Spanish?
truncar appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).