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.