truncar

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truncar (first-person singular present trunco, first-person singular preterite trunquí, past participle truncat)

  1. to truncate
  2. to cut short

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɾuŋˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾuŋˈkɑɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: trun‧car

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truncar (first-person singular present trunco, first-person singular preterite trunquei, past participle truncado)

  1. to truncate

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Portuguese

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truncar (first-person singular present trunco, first-person singular preterite trunquei, past participle truncado)

  1. (transitive) to truncate (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)

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  • truncar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin truncāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɾunˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾũŋˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: trun‧car

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truncar (first-person singular present trunco, first-person singular preterite trunqué, past participle truncado)

  1. to truncate, to cut off, to cut on one side
    El nuevo edificio de la Tate Gallery presenta una fachada truncada.
    The new Tate Gallery building features a truncated facade.
  2. to be disappointing to one's expectacions
    Sus ilusiones se vieron truncadas.
    His hopes were shattered.
  3. to interrupt and not let further develop
    Una novela sobre unos refugiados que vieron truncadas sus vidas por la guerra.
    A novel about a group of refugees whose lives were cut short by the war.

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