retranca

== Galician == === Etymology === From re- + tranca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [reˈtɾaŋkɐ] === Noun === retranca f (plural retrancas) latch (horse tack) crupper (strap looped under a horse’s tail) Synonym: atafal cart brake double meaning, double entendre; trick, ruse 1886, O Galiciano (79), page 3: allegedly, characteristic sense of humour of the Galician people, based on irony, double entendre and a hint of cynicism ==== Derived terms ==== retranqueiro ==== Related terms ==== tranca === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “retranca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “retranca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “retranca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: re‧tran‧ca === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== retranca f (plural retrancas) (nautical) boom (spar extending the foot of a sail) (horse tack) crupper (strap looped under a horse’s tail) (sports) defence (tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== retranca inflection of retrancar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “retranca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “retranca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Noun === retranca f (plural retrancas) brake hidden agenda double meaning; double entendre === Further reading === “retranca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025