trincar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾiŋˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾiŋˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: trincà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Probably an alteration of Old French tingler (“to plug holes in timber with pieces of wood”), from Old Norse tengja (“to join together, connect”).^[1]

trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquí, past participle trincat)

1. (transitive, nautical) to lash

• trinca

Onomatopoeic.

trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquí, past participle trincat)

1. (intransitive) to clink glasses with someone while drinking

• nou de trinca
• trincola

• dringar

• “trincar”, 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
• “trincar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “trincar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “trincar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• cintrar

From Middle High German trinken (“to drink”).

• IPA^(key): /triŋˈkaɾ/

trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquei, past participle trincado)

1. to drink wine or liquor

Unknown. Perhaps from Old French tingler (“to plug holes in timber with pieces of wood”), from Old Norse tengja (“to join together, connect”).^[1][2] Alternatively from estrincar (“to tie”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”). Compare trinca (“string”).

• IPA^(key): /triŋˈkaɾ/

trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquei, past participle trincado)

1. to lash, tie, fasten

   Synonyms: amarrar, atar

2. to catch, capture

   Synonyms: cachar, capturar, coller

From Old Occitan trencar, from Celtic. Doublet of trinchar.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /triŋˈkaɾ/

trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquei, past participle trincado)

1. to bite, to squeeze, or cut with the teeth

   Synonyms: chanchar, trabar, triscar

   • 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:

     quedou trincando no dente

     It was left bitten between the teeth

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trinc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trincar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “trincar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trincar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “trincar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trincar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Occitan trencar (“to crack, break”).

• Hyphenation: trin‧car

trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinquei, past participle trincado)

1. to latch (close with a latch)
2. to crack (form cracks, break apart under pressure)
3. to nibble, to chomp

• IPA^(key): /tɾinˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾĩŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: trin‧car

From Occitan trencar (“to crack, break”).

trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinqué, past participle trincado)

1. (colloquial, transitive) to nick, rob
   • 2017, Inés Apraiz Castellano, Si hubieras bailado para mí:

     Y a eso había que sumarle el intenso martilleo que sentía en la cabeza, por culpa de los cubatas de garrafón que se había trincado para celebrar su gran gesta

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (colloquial, transitive) to kidnap, nab
3. (colloquial) to screw, shag
4. (colloquial, transitive) to take out, do away with (kill)
5. (colloquial, transitive) to bust (a felon)
   • 1994, Ildefonso Manuel Gil, Concierto al atardecer, page 69:

     el martes me trincaron el director y tres polis

     on Tuesday the director and three cops busted me

6. (León, Salamanca, intransitive) to lean

From Middle High German trinken (“to drink”), perhaps via Middle French trinquer.

trincar (first-person singular present trinco, first-person singular preterite trinqué, past participle trincado)

1. (colloquial) to get drunk

• “trincar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• trincàr

From Middle High German drinken. Compare Italian trincare.

trincar

1. to drink, especially to knock back a drink

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.