🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

trugo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: trugo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trugo/ˈtruːɡoʊ/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O trugo é um jogo de gramado tradicional australiano."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A traditional Australian lawn game played with a mallet and a rubber disc, where players aim to drive the disc through a small hoop at the end of a narrow track.

    "Many local seniors gather at the community center every weekend to play a competitive game of trugo."
  2. 2

    The specialized rubber disc or wheel used in the game of trugo.

    "He carefully inspected the wooden mallet and the rubber trugo before taking his shot."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Trugo is an Australian lawn game invented in Newport, Victoria, during the 1920s, likely derived from the combination of 'true' and 'golf' or 'croquet'. The sport was specifically designed as a recreation for older men, utilizing a mallet and a rubber disc called a 'trugo' pushed along a narrow track.

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