trinquete

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾinˈkete/ [t̪ɾĩŋˈke.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: trin‧que‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French trinquet.

Noun

trinquete m (plural trinquetes)

1. (nautical) foremast
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Tenía dos vergas en el palo de trinquete, y en el de mesana que era pequeñísimo flotaba un jirón rojo

     It had two yards on the foresail mast, and on that of the tiny mizzen was flapping a ripped rag.

2. (nautical) foresail
3. (mechanics) ratchet
4. (mechanics) ratchet wheel and pawl (entire mechanism)
5. buckle
6. a variety of a Basque pelota court
7. (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, colloquial) strong person, titan, powerhouse, beast

Derived terms

• estar hecho un trinquete
• rueda de trinquete (“ratchet wheel”)

 

Etymology 2

From trincar +‎ -ete.

Noun

trinquete m (plural trinquetes)

1. a kind of hook
2. (Mexico, colloquial) rip-off, ripoff
3. (Mexico, colloquial) bribe or bribery, shady deal, corrupt affair (usually of a public official)

See also

• a cada trinquete

Further reading

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