trote

See also: troté

Dutch

Noun

trote c (plural trotes, diminutive troteke n)

1. (Brabant) doormat; not very assertive person who lets others take advantage of them

References

• [1]

Galician

Verb

trote

1. inflection of trotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

trote f

1. plural of trota

Anagrams

• Ettòr, retto, retto-, rotte, tetro, torte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

trote

1. past participle of tryta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɔtɨ

Etymology 1

Deverbal from trotar.

Noun

trote m (plural trotes)

1. (chiefly of horses) trot (gait of an animal between walk and canter)
2. prank (practical joke or mischievous trick)

   Synonym: travessura

3. prank call (practical joke made using the telephone)
4. (Brazil, university slang) hazing

   Synonym: (Portugal) praxe

Etymology 2

Verb

trote

1. inflection of trotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “trote”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾote/ [ˈt̪ɾo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: tro‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal from trotar.

Noun

trote m (plural trotes)

1. trot (horse gait)
2. hard work

Derived terms

• a trote
• al trote
• de mucho trote
• no estar para esos trotes
• para todo trote
• tomar el trote

 

Etymology 2

Verb

trote

1. inflection of trotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “trote”, 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