tronco

tronco
masculine noun
1. trunk (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)
2. pal (como apelativo) (peninsular Spanish), mate (British)
3. thicko (persona estúpida) (Am); bungler (persona torpe), klutz (United States)
adjective
4. thick (estúpido) (Am); clumsy (torpe), klutzy (United States)

tronco [tron’-co]
noun
1. Trunk of a tree; a log of wood. (m)
2. Stock, the origin of a family. (m)
3. Trunk of an animal without the trend and limbs. (m)
4. An illiterate, despicable, useless person. (m)
5. Hind 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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