trinca

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾiŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾiŋ.ka]

Uncertain.

trinca f (plural trinques)

1. trio, threesome (set of three)

Deverbal from trincar.

trinca f (plural trinques)

1. (nautical) lashing

• nou de trinca

trinca

1. inflection of trincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “trinca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiŋka/ [ˈt̪ɾiŋ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -iŋka
• Hyphenation: trin‧ca

Probably from Old French strenc (“string, cord, rope”), from Frankish *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand”).

Compare estrinque.

trinca f (plural trincas)

1. (nautical) string

   Synonyms: cordel, retriza

• estrinque

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trinca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trinca”, 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), “trinca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trinca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

trinca

1. inflection of trincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

trinca

1. inflection of trincare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• tranci

Like Spanish trinca, probably originally an informal slang word.^[1]

trinca f (plural trincas)

1. triplet; triad (group of three things)

   Synonyms: trio, tríade

Deverbal from trincar.

trinca f (plural trincas)

1. crack (thin break opened in a previously solid material)

   Synonyms: rachadura, fissura

trinca

1. inflection of trincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “trinca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “trinca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

trinca

1. inflection of trincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

trinca f (plural trinche)

1. trough

• trincar