noun
tra
noun
1
A large freshwater catfish farmed widely in Southeast Asia, also called the iridescent shark or pangasius.
"The market stall sold fresh tra fillets packed in ice."
intj
1
A nonsense syllable sung to a tune, with no real meaning.
"She hummed "tra la la" as she tidied the kitchen."
How to Use Tra
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither a farmed catfish popular in Vietnamese cooking, or a filler syllable people sing when they don't know the actual words to a tune.
Word Forms
tra plural
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Etymology
The fish name comes via Vietnamese from Khmer, referring to a type of Pangasius catfish.