trincar
/tɾĩ.ˈkaɾ/
The verdict
“trincar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,821 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,821
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - colher com os dentes, morder, mastigar
Corpus desk
Index PT-trincar · trincar · Portuguese
trincar · rank #67,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,821
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH vague
Nearest frequency peer: vague (+7 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “trincar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- termonuclear
termonuclear
32,197 corpus weight
- Tessália
Tessália
32,196 corpus weight
- tonel
tonel
32,189 corpus weight
- trincar
trincar
32,180 corpus weight
- vague
vague
32,173 corpus weight
- yogurt
yogurt
32,155 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “trincar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trincar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /tɾĩ.ˈkaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “trincar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
trincar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,821 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /tɾĩ.ˈkaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for trincar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is trincar, spelled T-R-I-N-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1colher com os dentes, morder, mastigar
- 2atar fortemente
- 3pôr ou induzir a um estado em que se está a sentir uma determinada sensação de forma muito intensa
- 4pôr ou induzir a um estado em que fica-se a sentir de forma muito intensa sensação ou sentimento
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trincar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ela ligou e falou que ela está trincando de frio lá, que está uns 5 abaixo de zero.
Você me trinca de vergonha.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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