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/Sounds like "TROH" (as in "troll") + "kah" (as in "car")/

Meaning

A pickup truck in Chicano Spanish, borrowed from English "truck." La troca is a source of neighborhood pride: used for work, moving furniture, and cruising on Sundays all washed and shiny.

Examples

Hop in the troca, we're going around the block.

My buddy rolls a lifted troca that has the whole street jealous.

Regional synonyms

An expression meaning "sorry" or "how embarrassing" in Colombia and neighboring countries, not "what a pity." One of Spanish's most famous false friends: when someone says "qué pena" they are not sad, they are apologizing or feeling awkward. It trips up almost every foreigner learning Spanish in Colombia.