truco
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾu.ku/
truco is spelled T-R-U-C-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Truco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Truco (card game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of trucar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jogo de cartas praticado em diversos locais da América do Sul e algumas regiões da Espanha e Itália”.
What does truco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineTruco (card game)
- 2
masculinea bet in Truco
interjection
- 1
said when asking for a bet in Truco
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of trucar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jogo de cartas praticado em diversos locais da América do Sul e algumas regiões da Espanha e Itália
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 truco
- trucos plural
- truco! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce truco?
- Brazil /ˈtɾu.ku/
- Portugal /ˈtɾu.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is truco in Portuguese?
truco appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).