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troçar

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See also: trocar and trócar

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unknown. Maybe from Vulgar Latin tortiāre, from tortus (bent).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tro‧çar

Verb

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troçar (first-person singular present troço, first-person singular preterite trocei, past participle troçado)

  1. (intransitive) to mock, to ridicule [with de]
    Synonyms: escarnecer, ridicularizar, zombar

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Antenor Nascentes (1955) “troçar”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Portuguese language etymological dictionary] (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, volume I, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Acadêmica, page 509, column 1