trinco
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾĩ.ku/
trinco is spelled T-R-I-N-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trinco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “latch (type of fastening for a door)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of trincar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ferrolho, peça de fechadura”.
What does trinco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelatch (type of fastening for a door)
- 2
masculinea lever-like door handle
- 3
masculinesnap (sound made by hitting the fingers against the palm)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of trincar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ferrolho, peça de fechadura 2. estalo dado com os dedos
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 trinco
- trincos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trinco?
- Brazil /ˈtɾĩ.ku/
- Portugal /ˈtɾĩ.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 trinco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trinco in Portuguese?
trinco appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).