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truc
trick /ˈtruk/
noun#1853 most common
Also: gimmick, ploy, knack
Example sentences
Acesta este un truc simplu.
This is a simple trick.
Îmi place trucul tău de magie.
I like your magic trick.
Magicianul a folosit un truc nou la spectacol.
The magician used a new trick at the show.
Am învățat câteva trucuri utile pentru a economisi timp la gătit.
I learned a few useful tricks for saving time while cooking.
Trucul stă în a păstra calmul chiar și atunci când totul pare să meargă prost.
The trick lies in staying calm even when everything seems to go wrong.
Jurnalistul a demascat trucurile prin care compania își umfla artificial profiturile.
The journalist exposed the tricks the company used to artificially inflate its profits.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | truc | trucuri |
| Genitive | trucului | trucurilor |
| Accusative | truc | trucuri |
| Vocative | trucule | trucurilor |
Word family
trucajspecial effect, or the act of rigging something
a trucăto rig, to fix, to fake
trucatrigged, faked, doctored
trucuritricks, tips, hacks
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "truc" from French "truc" in the modern period, along with many other French words that entered the language during its 19th-century westward reorientation. The French word itself has a disputed history: some dictionaries trace it to Occitan "truc", meaning a blow or knock, but the deeper origin is not firmly established. Because that root is uncertain, no reliable Indo-European ancestor can be given.
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