trança

See also: tranca and trancá

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾɐ̃.sɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
  • Hyphenation: tran‧ça

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Compare Spanish trenza, English tress, French tresse, and Italian treccia.

Noun

trança f (plural tranças)

  1. braid; plait (weave of three or more strands)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

trança

  1. inflection of trançar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative