tronco

m.

1 trunk (anatomy & botany).

dormir como un tronco (informal) to sleep like a log

2 team.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: troncar.

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tronco

► nombre masculino

1 ANATOMÍA trunk, torso

2 BOTÁNICA (tallo de árbol) trunk; (leño) log

3 figurado (linaje) family stock

4 figurado (persona inútil) blockhead

5 (geometría) frustum

6 argot (compañero) mate, pal, chum

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dormir como un tronco familiar to sleep like a log

tronco de cono truncated cone

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noun m.

1) torso

2) trunk

3) log

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I

SM

1) [de árbol] trunk; (=leño) log

- dormir como un tronco

tronco de Navidad — (Culin) yule log

2) (Anat) trunk

3) (=estirpe) stock

4) (Ferro) main line, trunk line

5) *** (=pene) prick ***

II

tronco, -a

** SM / F

1) (=tío) bloke * /bird *

María y su tronco — María and her bloke *

2) (=amigo) [en oración directa] mate *, pal *

-oye, tronco — "hey, man" *

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masculino

1)

a) (Bot) trunk

b) (leño) log

dormir como un tronco — to sleep like a log

estar como un tronco — to be dead to the world (colloq)

c) (Coc)

tronco de Navidad — chocolate yule log

2) (en genealogía) stock

3) (Ling) branch

4) (Anat) trunk, torso

5) (Andes, RPl fam) (persona inepta)

es un tronco — he's useless; (colloq)

es un tronco para los idiomas — he's hopeless at languages

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= log, trunk, bole.

Ex. Wood pulp can be made either by grinding up untreated logs (when it is called mechanical wood, or groundwood), or by digesting wood chips chemically (chemical wood).

Ex. The lower limbs (49.8%), upper limbs (23.3%), and back and trunk (22.8%) were most commonly injured.

Ex. There is a chance that I may be given a few boles from some very large pistachio trees and I would like to know if it would be worth it to try and do anything with them.

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* cabaña de troncos de madera = log cabin, wood cabin.

* casa de troncos de madera = log house.

* piragua de tronco de árbol = dugout, dugout canoe.

* silla tallada en tronco = log chair.

* tronco de árbol = tree trunk.

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masculino

1)

a) (Bot) trunk

b) (leño) log

dormir como un tronco — to sleep like a log

estar como un tronco — to be dead to the world (colloq)

c) (Coc)

tronco de Navidad — chocolate yule log

2) (en genealogía) stock

3) (Ling) branch

4) (Anat) trunk, torso

5) (Andes, RPl fam) (persona inepta)

es un tronco — he's useless; (colloq)

es un tronco para los idiomas — he's hopeless at languages

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= log, trunk, bole.

Ex: Wood pulp can be made either by grinding up untreated logs (when it is called mechanical wood, or groundwood), or by digesting wood chips chemically (chemical wood).

Ex: The lower limbs (49.8%), upper limbs (23.3%), and back and trunk (22.8%) were most commonly injured.

Ex: There is a chance that I may be given a few boles from some very large pistachio trees and I would like to know if it would be worth it to try and do anything with them.

* cabaña de troncos de madera = log cabin, wood cabin.

* casa de troncos de madera = log house.

* piragua de tronco de árbol = dugout, dugout canoe.

* silla tallada en tronco = log chair.

* tronco de árbol = tree trunk.

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tronco¹

masculine

A

1 (Bot) trunk

2 (leño) log

dormir como un tronco to sleep like a log

estar como un tronco to be dead to the world (colloq), to be out for the count (colloq)

3 (Coc):

tronco de Navidad chocolate yule log

B (en genealogía) stock

C (Ling) branch

D

1 [Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (Anat) trunk, torso

2 (en geometría) frustum

E

(AmL fam) (persona inepta): esa niña es un tronco that girl is a complete bonehead o blockhead (colloq)

es un tronco para los idiomas he's hopeless o useless at languages

ese zaguero es un tronco that back is useless o (AmE) is a real jerk o zero (colloq), that back is a dead loss (BrE colloq)

F

(Ven fam) (en exclamaciones): ¡tronco de carro! what a car! (colloq)

¡ay sí! ¡tronco de favor me hiciste con eso! (iró); oh yeah! that was some favor you did me! (iro)

tronco² -ca

masculine, feminine

(Esp arg)

buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)

¡tranqui, tronco! chill out! (sl), cool it, buddy o mate! (colloq)

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tronco sustantivo masculino
1 (Bot) trunk;
(leño) log
2 (en genealogía) stock
3 (Anat) trunk, torso
tronco
I sustantivo masculino
1 (de un árbol) trunk
2 (para la chimenea) log
3 Anat trunk, torso
II m,f argot (en oración directa) mate, US buddy
♦ Locuciones: dormir como un tronco, to sleep like a log
'tronco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corteza
- cuerpo
- dormir
- trepar
- vacía
- vacío
- ahuecar
English:
log
- trunk
- tree

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tronco¹ nm

1. [de árbol] trunk;

[talado y sin ramas] log;

Comp

Fam

como un tronco: dormir como un tronco to sleep like a log;

estar como un tronco to be dead to the world

2. [dulce]

tronco (de Navidad) yule log

3. [de persona] trunk

4. [origen común] [en una familia] stock;

Ling branch

Comp

Univ tronco común compulsory subjects

5. Geom [sección] frustum

Comp

tronco de cono truncated cone

6. Anat tronco arterial arterial trunk;

tronco braquiocefálico brachiocephalic trunk;

tronco celíaco Br coeliac o US celiac trunk

tronco², -a

♦ nm,f

Fam

1. Esp [hombre] pal, Br mate

2. Esp [mujer]

mira, tronca, yo sólo te digo que no te aguanto look, darling, what I'm telling you is that I can't stand you;

¿qué tal, tronca? how's it going?

3. Am [persona estúpida] thicko;

[persona torpe] bungler, US klutz

♦ adj

Am [estúpido] thick; [torpe] clumsy, US klutzy

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tronco

m trunk; cortado log;

dormir como un tronco sleep like a log

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tronco nm

1) : trunk (of a tree)

2) : log

3) : torso

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tronco n

1. (de cuerpo, árbol) trunk

2. (leña) log

dormir com un tronco to sleep like a log