The Portuguese word for trunk is
tronco
Gender
The gender of tronco is masculine. E.g. o tronco.Plural
The plural of tronco is troncos.Portuguese Definition
| trunk | |
| 1. tronco | |
| 2. porta-malas, porta-bagagem | |
| 3. tromba |
Translations for trunk and their definitions
| porta-malas | |
| 1. n-m. boot; trunk (luggage storage compartment of a car) | |
| 2. n-m. (Brazil, euphemistic) buttocks, booty |
| tronco | |
| 1. n-m. (botany) tree trunk | |
| 2. n-m. (anatomy) trunk; torso | |
| 3. n-m. in a tree structure, a major branch from which smaller branches stem | |
| 4. n-m. (linguistics) a language family which is not a subfamily (that is, the topmost family of a language family tree) | |
| 5. n-m. (geometry) frustum (the portion of a solid hat lies between two parallel planes) | |
| 6. n-m. stocks (type of device for public humiliation and punishment) | |
| 7. n-m. (historical, colonial Brazil) a post where slaves were tied to be flogged | |
| 8. n-m. prison, jail |
| tromba | |
| 1. n-f. trunk (extended nasal organ of an elephant) | |
| 2. n-f. (colloquial by extension) face | |
| 3. n-f. (colloquial) a sullen facial expression | |
| estar de trombas - to be in a bad mood | |
| 4. n-f. stinger (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid) | |
| 5. n-f. clipping of tromba d'água, , waterspout | |
| 6. n-f. (obsolete) a trumpet or bugle | |
| 7. v. verb form of trombar |
| porta-bagagem | |
| 1. n-m. Alternative form of porta-bagagens |
| mala | |
| 1. n-f. suitcase | |
| 2. n-f. (travel) luggage | |
| 3. n-f. (automotive) boot, trunk | |
| 4. n-f. (chiefly Portugal) handbag | |
| 5. n. (Brazil, idiomatic) an irritating person |
| baú | |
| 1. n-m. trunk, suitcase |
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