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tronco

trunk (of tree or body)

noun TROHN-koh Rare

Origin: Latin truncus 'trunk, torso'

Also means

log

Usage Note

Tronco refers to a tree trunk, the human torso, or a section of cut log. In informal Spanish (especially Spain), tronco (or tronco/a) is a colloquial term of address among friends, roughly equivalent to 'mate' or 'dude'. In family genealogy, el tronco is the common ancestor of a branch.

Examples

"El árbol tenía un tronco enorme."

Natural Translation

The tree had an enormous trunk.

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