trueque

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾweke/ [ˈt̪ɾwe.ke]
  • Rhymes: -eke
  • Syllabification: true‧que

Etymology 1

Deverbal from trocar.

Noun

trueque m (plural trueques)

  1. barter, exchange
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page VIII:
      El pueblo […] acepta sin trabajo lo que está habituado a oir, aunque pugne con sus convicciones, a trueque no enredarse en argumentaciones molestas que no le interesan y que tampoco está seguro de saber formular con acierto.
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Etymology 2

Verb

trueque

  1. inflection of trocar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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