trinca
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾĩ.kɐ/
trinca is spelled T-R-I-N-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trinca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “triplet; triad (group of three things)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of trincar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de trincar; dentada, bocado”.
What does trinca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetriplet; triad (group of three things)
noun
- 1
femininecrack (thin break opened in a previously solid material)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de trincar; dentada, bocado 2. conjunto de três coisas análogas 3. arroz de grãos partidos em resultado das operações de descasque, geralmente vendido para alimentação animal
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 trinca
- trincas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trinca?
- Brazil /ˈtɾĩ.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtɾĩ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trinca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trinca in Portuguese?
trinca appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).