tronco
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾõ.ku/
tronco is spelled T-R-O-N-C-O (6 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,438th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tronco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tree trunk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte central do corpo de vários animais (incluindo o ser humano), de onde saem a cabeça e os membros”.
What does tronco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetree trunk
- 2
masculinetrunk; torso
- 3
masculinein a tree structure, a major branch from which smaller branches stem
- 4
masculinea language family which is not a subfamily (that is, the topmost family of a language family tree)
- 5
masculinefrustum (the portion of a solid hat lies between two parallel planes)
- 6
masculinestocks (type of device for public humiliation and punishment)
- 7
masculinea post where slaves were tied to be flogged
- 8
masculineprison, jail
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte central do corpo de vários animais (incluindo o ser humano), de onde saem a cabeça e os membros 2. tipo de caule lenhoso, resistente, cilíndrico ou cônico, mais largo na base do que no topo, com ramificações, que se formam a partir de certa altura 3. fatia cortada de um sólido geométrico (prisma, pirâmide, cilindro ou cone) por um plano que não intersecta as bases 4. instrumento de tortura e humilhação, com função semelhante à do pelourinho
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 tronco
- troncos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tronco?
- Brazil /ˈtɾõ.ku/
- Portugal /ˈtɾõ.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 tronco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tronco in Portuguese?
tronco appears 8.3 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).