trancho

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Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trancho m (plural tranchos)

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

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “trancho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos