tronco

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tronco
masculine noun
1trunk (anatomy & botany); log (talado y sin ramas)
  • dormir como un tronco (informal) -> to sleep like a log
2(cooking)
  • tronco (de Navidad) -> yule log
3(university)
  • tronco común -> compulsory subjects
masculine or feminine noun
1(informal)
2pal (como apelativo) (peninsular Spanish), mate (British)
3thicko (persona estúpida) (Am); bungler (persona torpe), klutz (United States)
adjective
4thick (estúpido) (Am); clumsy (torpe), klutzy (United States)

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tronco [tron’-co]
noun
1Trunk of a tree; a log of wood. (m)
2Stock, the origin of a family. (m)
3Trunk of an animal without the trend and limbs. (m)
4An illiterate, despicable, useless person. (m)
5Hind pair of horses in a coach. (m)
  • Estar hecho un tronco -> to be bereft of feeling and sensation: literally, to be like a log of wood

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tronco
sustantivo:masculino
1 [de árbol] trunk; (leño) log
dormir como un tronco to sleep like a log
tronco de Navidad (Culin) yule log
2 (Anatomía) trunk
3 (estirpe) stock
4 (Ferro) main line; trunk line
5 (vulgar) (pene) prick; (vulgar)
troncoa tronca (muy_familiar)
sustantivo:masculino
femenino
1 (tío) bloke /bird; (familiar) (familiar)
María y su tronco María and her bloke; (familiar)
2 (amigo) (en oración directa) mate; (familiar) pal; (familiar)
—oye, tronco "hey, man"; (familiar)

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