trancho

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate Celtic language, as the name of many other fish in Galician.^[1] Attested since the 18th century.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɾant͡ʃʊ]

trancho m (plural tranchos)

1. European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
2. (historical, figurative) student

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trancho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trancho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trancho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN