Truco
Sign in to saveTruco, a variant of Truc, is a trick-taking card game originally from Valencia and the Balearic Islands, popular in South America and Italy. It is usually played using a Spanish deck. Two people may play, or two teams of two or three players each.
Key facts
- CardGame.title
- Truco
- CardGame.image_link
- File:Cuatro grandes del truco.JPG
- CardGame.image_caption
- The four top cards in Truco
- CardGame.Family
- Trick-taking
- CardGame.players
- 2, 4, or 6
- CardGame.play
- Anticlockwise
- CardGame.num_cards
- 40
- CardGame.deck
- Spanish, French (Some Brazilian variants)
- CardGame.origin
- Spain
- CardGame.related
- AluettePutTrucTruc y Flou
- CardGame.playing_time
- 31 min.
- CardGame.random_chance
- Medium
- CardGame.skills
- Tactics, Strategy
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
19 sectionsContents
- Card ranking
- Mano (Mão) and Pie (Pé)
- Scoring
- Play
- ''Envido''
- Flor
- ''Pedir Flor''
- Tricks
- ''Pica Pica''
- ''Truco'' in Brazil
- ''Truco'' ''Paulista''
- ''Pointing System''
- ''Truco Mineiro''
- ''Señas'' (signals)
- ''Truco'' in Paraguay
- Jargon (Spanish)
- Jargon (Brazil)
- References
- External links
Truco, a variant of Truc, is a trick-taking card game originally from Valencia and the Balearic Islands, popular in South America and Italy. It is usually played using a Spanish deck. Two people may play, or two teams of two or three players each.
== Card ranking == Ace of Swords ("Espada" in Southeast of Brazil, "Espadão" in Southern Brazil, "Ancho de espada" in Argentina, "Macho" (male) in Paraguay, "Espadilla" in Uruguay) Ace of Clubs ("Hembra" (female) in Paraguay, "Ancho de basto" in Argentina, "Bastillo" in Uruguay, "Bastião" in Southern Brazil) 7 of Swords ("Siete de espadas", "Siete bravo" in Uruguay, "Manilha de espada" in South of Brazil) 7 of Coins (Siete de oros in Spanish or Sete ouro, Sete belo or Maneca de ouro in Portuguese, "Siete bello" in Uruguay) 3s 2s (known as "Perruchos" in Paraguay) Ace of cups and ace of coins (Anchos falsos in Spanish, Ás falso in Southeast of Brazil, Gueime in South of Brazil, "Buempes" in Paraguay, "Copon" and "Huevo frito" respectively in Uruguay) Kings (Reyes in Spanish and Reis in Portuguese) (12s) Knights (Caballos in Spanish) (11s) Jacks (Valetes in Brazil, Sotas in Argentina) (10s)(the face cards of King, Knight and Jack are called Cartas negras) 7 of clubs and 7 of cups (Sietes falsos in Spanish or Sete copa (seven of cups) in Portuguese, all cards from here down are considered "Cartas blancas") 6s 5s 4s (the 4 of clubs may be called Zap in the southeast of Brazil)