el
masculine
/ˈtɾoŋko/
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Translation
tree trunk
Word origin
From Latin truncus ('trunk, stem, main body'). The same root gives English 'trunk' and 'truncate'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- truncus
- English cognates
- trunk, truncate
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraltroncos
Examples
grueso.
The trunk of this tree is very thick.
.
We sat on a fallen log in the forest.
leña.
They cut up the trunk to make firewood.
¿ roble?
Can you see those marks on the trunk of the oak?
.
A huge log was blocking the path.
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