trecho

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trecho, from tractus.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: tre‧cho

Noun

trecho m (plural trechos)

  1. excerpt; passage; snippet (small extract from a larger work)
    Synonyms: passagem, excerto
    Ele citou um trecho da Bíblia.
    He quoted a passage from the Bible.
  2. stretch (a section of a road, route, trip or period)

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Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾet͡ʃo/ [ˈt̪ɾe.t͡ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -etʃo
  • Syllabification: tre‧cho

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tractus. Doublet of tracto, which was a borrowing.

Noun

trecho m (plural trechos)

  1. distance, stretch, extension (in space or time)
    Synonym: tramo
  2. way, trail, walk
    Synonyms: vía, paseo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

trecho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trechar

Further reading

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