treco
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾɛ.ku/
treco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thingy; thingummy; gizmo; doohickey; thingamabob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que não se sabe explicar ou nomear; coisa; algo cuja natureza se desconhece”.
What does treco mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialmasculinethingy; thingummy; gizmo; doohickey; thingamabob
- 2
colloquialmasculinemalaise (feeling of discomfort)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquilo que não se sabe explicar ou nomear; coisa; algo cuja natureza se desconhece 2. mal-estar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of treco
- trecos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce treco?
- Brazil /ˈtɾɛ.ku/
- Portugal /ˈtɾɛ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to treco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is treco in Portuguese?
treco appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).