Portuguese

tranca

Noun

tranca f (plural trancas)

1. bar, door bolt

Verb

tranca

1. third-person singular present indicative of trancar
2. second-person singular imperative of trancar

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *taranca (compare Old French taranche ‎(“big iron pin”)), from Gaulish (compare Old Irish tairnge ‎(“iron nail”)), Proto-Celtic *tarankyos ‎(“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‎(“to drill, rub”).

Noun

tranca f ‎(plural trancas)

1. thick bar of wood.
2. bar used to keep closed a door.
3. door bolt

Derived terms

• trancar
• atrancar

Verb

tranca

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of trancar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of trancar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of trancar.