Catalan

Verb

truncar ‎(first-person singular present trunco, past participle truncat)

1. To truncate
2. to cut short

Conjugation

Portuguese

Verb

truncar ‎(first-person singular present indicative trunco, past participle truncado)

1. (transitive) to truncate (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)

Conjugation

Related terms

• tronco

Spanish

Etymology

Latin truncāre.

Verb

truncar ‎(first-person singular present trunco, first-person singular preterite trunqué, past participle truncado)

1. to truncate, to cut off, to cut on one side: "El nuevo edificio de la Tate Gallery presenta una fachada truncada."
2. be disappointing to one's expectacions: "Sus ilusiones se vieron truncadas."
3. to interrupt and not let further develop: "Una novela sobre unos refugiados que vieron truncadas sus vidas por la guerra."

Conjugation

• c becomes qu before e.