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troco

Portuguese, noun

troco is spelled T-R-O-C-O (5 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,745th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Troco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of trocar. With an accent, trôco is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. With a cedilla, troço is a different word: “piece, fragment”. With an accent, trôço is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dinheiro trocado; dinheiro miúdo; diferença entre o preço e o valor dado pelo comprador”.

What does troco mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinechange (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)

  2. 2

    masculinerareexchange; switch (act of exchanging or switching two thing)

  3. 3

    masculinea small amount of money

  4. 4

    informalmasculinepayback (act of revenge)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of trocar

noun

as trôco
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of troco

noun

as troço
  1. 1

    masculinepiece, fragment

  2. 2

    masculinesection, leg (of a highway or railway line)

noun

as troço
  1. 1

    Brazilcolloquialmasculinegizmo; thingy

  2. 2

    Brazilmasculineturd (a piece of excrement)

noun

as trôço
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of troço

verb

as troço
  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of troçar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. traste, tralha 2. qualquer coisa da qual não se sabe o nome 3. mal-estar repetino 4. grande pedaço de fezes humanas

noun: 1. dinheiro trocado; dinheiro miúdo; diferença entre o preço e o valor dado pelo comprador 2. revide

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 troco

  • trocos plural
  • metaphonic plural
  • trôco alternative
  • troços plural
  • trôço alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to troco

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is troco in Portuguese?

troco appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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