tronchar

to snap

tronchar(trohn-chahr)

transitive verb

1. (to crack)

a. to snap

Matías tronchó el palo con la rodilla y la tiró a la fogata.

Matias snapped the stick with his knee and threw it onto the fire.

b. to cut off

Tuve que tronchar toda la rama para poder tomar la flor.

I had to cut off the entire branch to get the flower.

2. (to put an end to)

a. to cut short

La enfermedad tronchó la vida de la joven.

The disease cut the young woman's life short.

3. (to dash)

a. to shatter

Guillermina no dejó que su discapacidad tronchara su sueño de convertirse en nadadora.

Guillermina didn't let her disability shatter her dream of becoming a swimmer.

troncharse

pronominal verb

4. (to detach)

a. to break off

Las ramitas secas se troncharon nada más rozarlas.

The dry twigs broke off with the slightest touch.

b. to snap off

Se tronchó una rama gorda con el viento.

A thick branch snapped off in the wind.

5.

(colloquial)

(to laugh uncontrollably)

a. to crack up

(colloquial)

El chiste no era muy gracioso pero por algún motivo me tronché.

The joke wasn't very funny but for some reason I cracked up.

b. to split one's sides laughing

(colloquial)

Nos tronchamos cuando vimos a Ramiro disfrazado de mono.

We split our sides laughing when we saw Ramiro dressed as a monkey.

tronchar

transitive verb

1. (partir)

a. to snap

pronominal verb

2. (colloquial)

a.

troncharse (de risa)to split one's sides laughing

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tronchar

transitive verb

1 (talar) to fell; chop down; (cortar) to cut up; cut off; (hender) to split; crack; shatter

2 [+vida] to cut short; [+esperanzas] to dash

3 (cansar) to tire out

pronominal verb

troncharse

1 (also troncharse de risa) to split one's sides laughing

2 [+árbol] to fall down; split

3 (cansarse) to tire o.s. out