how do you spell truck, spanglish way?

Question

In spanglish the word for truck is something like, troca, but I am not sure how it would be spelled.

Bienvenido al foro. Welcome to the forum. - 0074b507, Aug 20, 2010

Answer 1

Yep, it's troca. At least, that's how I've seen it.

Answer 2

Spanish is different depending on the individual who has mixed both languages to suit his communication needs, so there is no consensus on how to say or write words, no common grammar, no rules, no literature, nothing.

My guess is that it is as troca.

Interestingly, Spanish is a modern version of Latin, and some Spanish speakers have borrowed truck from English, but English itself had (almost certainly) borrowed it from Latin in the first place. The original Latin word ended up being troco, but instead of a vehicle, it is the name of a fish (=ocean sunfish).

Even in English you have the word troco: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troco

Answer 3

In Panama it was simply called pick-up (p-coop).

Answer 4

Here in Santa Maria, Ca "troca" is very common but is only used for a "pick-up" truck.

I don't think it is "spanglish" since it is used by native speakers.

It is most definitely "spanglish", since there are plenty of proper Spanish words to choose from for "truck". Puerto Rico is also full of natives, but it is perhaps the spanglish capital of the world! - Gekkosan, Aug 20, 2010

Answer 5

I've never seen it in print, I have only heard it.

Two different speakers with extremely limited English, each pronounced it very similarly. What they said and what I heard might not be the same but they understand me when I repeat "trruck kay" back to them. As one word of course, just trying to give you a representation of what I heard, with the extra r being deliberate.

But you have aroused my curiosity, I will ask each of them to spell it for me next time I see them!