trancar

v.

1 to bar (puerta).

2 to shut.

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1. VT

1) [+ puerta, ventana] to bar

2) Caribe (Aut) to box in, block in, shut in

2.

VI [al caminar] to stride along

3.

See:

trancarse

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verbo transitivo <puerta/ventana> to bar

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verbo transitivo <puerta/ventana> to bar

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trancar [A2 ]

vt

1 ‹puerta/ventana› to bar

2 (Ven fam) (cerrar) to close, shut

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trancar (conjugate trancar) verbo transitivo ‹puerta/ventana› to bar

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trancar

♦ vt

1. [puerta] [con barra] to bar;

Am [con cerrojo] to bolt

2. Am [frenar] [tránsito] to block, to hold up;

los agricultores en manifestación trancaron la circulación hacia el este the protesting farmers held up eastbound traffic;

si no tienes credencial, te trancan en la puerta if you don't have a pass, you get stopped at the door;

si no pagas por fuera, te trancan el trámite if you don't slip them a bribe, your application stays at the bottom of the pile

3. Am [atascar] to jam;

hay un papel arrugado trancando la impresora there's a crumpled piece of paper jamming the printer

♦ See also the pronominal verb trancarse

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trancar

v/t puerta bar

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trancar {72} vt

: to bar (a door or window)