tronchar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *trunculāre or from troncho, from Latin trunculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾonˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [t̪ɾõnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tron‧char

Verb

tronchar (first-person singular present troncho, first-person singular preterite tronché, past participle tronchado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to snap off

   tronchar una rama

   snap off a branch

2. (transitive, reflexive) to crack, to split
3. (reflexive) to laugh out loud, to crack up (usually used in the expression troncharse de risa)

   Synonym: troncharse de risa

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tronchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tronchar
gerund			tronchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tronchado		tronchada
		plural		tronchados		tronchadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	troncho	tronchastú tronchásvos	troncha	tronchamos	troncháis	tronchan
	imperfect	tronchaba	tronchabas	tronchaba	tronchábamos	tronchabais	tronchaban
	preterite	tronché	tronchaste	tronchó	tronchamos	tronchasteis	troncharon
	future	troncharé	troncharás	tronchará	troncharemos	troncharéis	troncharán
	conditional	troncharía	troncharías	troncharía	troncharíamos	troncharíais	troncharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tronche	tronchestú tronchésvos2	tronche	tronchemos	tronchéis	tronchen
	imperfect (ra)	tronchara	troncharas	tronchara	troncháramos	troncharais	troncharan
	imperfect (se)	tronchase	tronchases	tronchase	tronchásemos	tronchaseis	tronchasen
	future1	tronchare	tronchares	tronchare	troncháremos	tronchareis	troncharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tronchatú tronchávos	tronche	tronchemos	tronchad	tronchen
	negative		no tronches	no tronche	no tronchemos	no tronchéis	no tronchen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tronchar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tronchar	dative	troncharme	troncharte	troncharle, troncharse	troncharnos	troncharos	troncharles, troncharse
	accusative	troncharme	troncharte	troncharlo, troncharla, troncharse	troncharnos	troncharos	troncharlos, troncharlas, troncharse
with gerund tronchando	dative	tronchándome	tronchándote	tronchándole, tronchándose	tronchándonos	tronchándoos	tronchándoles, tronchándose
	accusative	tronchándome	tronchándote	tronchándolo, tronchándola, tronchándose	tronchándonos	tronchándoos	tronchándolos, tronchándolas, tronchándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative troncha	dative	trónchame	trónchate	trónchale	trónchanos	not used	trónchales
	accusative	trónchame	trónchate	trónchalo, trónchala	trónchanos	not used	trónchalos, trónchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tronchá	dative	tronchame	tronchate	tronchale	tronchanos	not used	tronchales
	accusative	tronchame	tronchate	tronchalo, tronchala	tronchanos	not used	tronchalos, tronchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tronche	dative	tróncheme	not used	trónchele, trónchese	trónchenos	not used	tróncheles
	accusative	tróncheme	not used	trónchelo, trónchela, trónchese	trónchenos	not used	trónchelos, trónchelas
with first-person plural imperative tronchemos	dative	not used	tronchémoste	tronchémosle	tronchémonos	tronchémoos	tronchémosles
	accusative	not used	tronchémoste	tronchémoslo, tronchémosla	tronchémonos	tronchémoos	tronchémoslos, tronchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tronchad	dative	tronchadme	not used	tronchadle	tronchadnos	tronchaos	tronchadles
	accusative	tronchadme	not used	tronchadlo, tronchadla	tronchadnos	tronchaos	tronchadlos, tronchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tronchen	dative	trónchenme	not used	trónchenle	trónchennos	not used	trónchenles, trónchense
	accusative	trónchenme	not used	trónchenlo, trónchenla	trónchennos	not used	trónchenlos, trónchenlas, trónchense

Further reading

• “tronchar”, 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