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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

To go over very badly, like a punch in the face. Used in Venezuela, Colombia, and Mexico when something (a comment, a person's attitude, news) is so unacceptable that there is no softening it, no second opinion needed.