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truncar

/tɾunˈkaɾ/

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verb/tɾunˈkaɾ/

to truncate, cut off, cut on one side; to be disappointing to one's expectacions; to interrupt and not let further develop

El nuevo edificio de la Tate Gallery presenta una fachada truncada.The new Tate Gallery building features a truncated facade.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ-der.? Latin truncus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin truncōlbor. Spanish truncar Learned borrowing from Latin truncō, from truncus (“trunk, shaft, main part”) + -ō.