- tronchar
- v.1 to snap.2 to chop off, to break off, to split, to break from the trunk.* * *tronchar► verbo transitivo1 (árboles) to cut down, fell2 figurado to destroy\FRASEOLOGÍAtroncharse de risa familiar to split one's sides with laughter* * *1. VT1) (=talar) to fell, chop down; (=cortar) to cut up, cut off; (=hender) to split, crack, shatter2) [+ vida] to cut short; [+ esperanzas] to dash3) * (=cansar) to tire out2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <tallo/rama> to snapb) (truncar) <vida/relación> to cut short; <esperanza/ilusión> to shatter2.troncharse v prona) tallo/rama to break o snap offb) <muñeca/tobillo> to sprain, twist
troncharse de (la) risa — (Esp fam) to die laughing (colloq)
* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <tallo/rama> to snapb) (truncar) <vida/relación> to cut short; <esperanza/ilusión> to shatter2.troncharse v prona) tallo/rama to break o snap offb) <muñeca/tobillo> to sprain, twisttroncharse de (la) risa — (Esp fam) to die laughing (colloq)
* * *tronchar [A1 ]vt1 ‹tallo/rama› to snap2 (truncar) ‹vida/relación› to cut short; ‹esperanza/ilusión› to shatter, destroy■ troncharsev pron1 «árbol/tallo/rama» to break o snap off2 ‹muñeca/tobillo› to sprain, twisttroncharse de (la) risa to split one's sides (laughing) (colloq), to die laughing (colloq)* * *
tronchar (conjugate tronchar) verbo transitivo ‹tallo/rama› to snap
troncharse verbo pronominal [tallo/rama] to break o snap off;◊ troncharse de (la) risa (Esp fam) to die laughing (colloq)
tronchar verbo transitivo
1 (la rama de un árbol, etc) to break off
2 (frustrar, truncar) to cut short, shatter
* * *tronchar♦ vt[partir] to snap♦ See also the pronominal verb troncharse* * *troncharv/t palo, rama etc snap; fig (truncar) cut short* * *tronchar vt1) : to snap, to break off2) : to cut off (relations)
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.