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noun, feminine

tranca

/ˈtɾanka/

noun, feminine/ˈtɾanka/plural: trancas

thick bar of wood; bar used to keep closed a door; door bolt; drunkenness; hard

Synonyms: beodez, bolencia, bomba, borrachería, castaña, chispa, chupeta, cogorza

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *taranca (compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”)), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”) (compare Middle Irish tairnge (“iron nail”)), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).