tranca

f.

1 bar.

poner una tranca en la puerta to bar the door

2 cudgel, stick (weapon).

3 locking bar, bar.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: trancar.

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tranca

► nombre femenino

1 (palo) club, cudgel

2 (para puertas etc) bar

3 familiar (borrachera) binge, skinful

4 tabú (pene) prick

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a trancas y barrancas familiar with great difficulty

coger una tranca / pillar una tranca familiar to get plastered, get drunk

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noun m.

bar

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SF

1) [de puerta, ventana] bar

- a trancas y barrancas

2) (=garrote) cudgel, club

3) esp LAm

* (=borrachera)

tener una tranca — to be drunk

4) pl trancas Méx * (=piernas) legs

- saltar las trancas

5) Cono Sur [de escopeta] safety catch

6) Caribe dollar, peso

7) Caribe (Aut) traffic jam

8) Cono Sur * (=complejo) complex, neurosis

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femenino

1)

a) (de puerta, ventana) bar

poner la tranca a la puerta — to bar the door

b) (palo) cudgel, club

a trancas y barrancas — (fam) with great difficulty

2) (esp AmL fam) (borrachera) bender (colloq)

pegarse or agarrarse una tranca — to get plastered o smashed (colloq)

3) (Ven fam) (Auto) holdup, tailback

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* a trancas y barrancas = with great difficulty, by fits and starts.

* avanzar a trancas y barrancas = flounder, grind on.

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femenino

1)

a) (de puerta, ventana) bar

poner la tranca a la puerta — to bar the door

b) (palo) cudgel, club

a trancas y barrancas — (fam) with great difficulty

2) (esp AmL fam) (borrachera) bender (colloq)

pegarse or agarrarse una tranca — to get plastered o smashed (colloq)

3) (Ven fam) (Auto) holdup, tailback

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* a trancas y barrancas = with great difficulty, by fits and starts.

* avanzar a trancas y barrancas = flounder, grind on.

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tranca¹

adjective

(Per fam) tough (colloq)

tranca²

feminine

A

1 (de una puerta, ventana) bar

pasar la tranca a la puerta to bar the door

2 (palo) cudgel, club

a trancas y barrancas or (Col) a trancas y mochas (fam); with great difficulty, after a lot of problems

B (esp AmL fam) (borrachera) bender (colloq), toot (AmE colloq), booze-up (BrE colloq)

pegarse or agarrarse una tranca to get plastered o smashed (colloq)

C (Ven fam) (Auto) holdup, tailback, traffic jam

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tranca sustantivo femenino
1

a) (de puerta, ventana) bar

b) (palo) cudgel, club

2 (esp AmL fam) (borrachera) bender (colloq);

◊ agarrarse una tranca to get plastered o smashed (colloq)

3 (Ven fam) (Auto) holdup, tailback
tranca sustantivo femenino
1 (palo grueso, garrote) cudgel
2 (para una puerta, ventana) bar
3 (borrachera) binge
♦ Locuciones: familiar a trancas y barrancas, with great difficulty
'tranca' also found in these entries:
English:
bar

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tranca nf

1. [de puerta] bar;

poner una tranca en la puerta to bar the door;

Comp

Fam

a trancas y barrancas with great difficulty;

terminó la carrera a trancas y barrancas he finished his degree, but it was a struggle

2. [arma] cudgel, stick

3. Fam [borrachera]

agarrar una tranca to get plastered

4. Esp muy Fam [pene] dong

5. Méx [en verja] gate

6. Ven Fam [embotellamiento] (traffic) jam

7. Ven Fam [discusión] fuss, ruckus

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tranca

f

1 de puerta bar;

a trancas y barrancas with great difficulty

2 (borrachera)

:

llevaba una tranca increíble fam he was wasted fam o

smashed fam

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tranca nf

1) : stick, club

2) : bar, crossbar