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”).