A trunk is a chest or ark.
A trunk is a large drawer or box that has a lid and is used to store clothes and other objects. The etymology of the term is not clear: according to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ), the etymological root could be found in the French word bahut .
For example: "I have to take the winter clothes out of the trunk because the weather is getting colder," "I still have many toys from my childhood in a trunk that I treasure with love," "I will keep this blanket in the trunk since I don't think it will be useful." let's use it in the short term .
Characteristics of a trunk
Also known as a chest , ark or chest , the trunk is a piece of furniture that can be placed in different rooms of a house. Their lids are usually convex and can sometimes be secured with a key .
Nowadays, many people continue to appreciate the aesthetics of antique trunks , with their characteristic shape, although there are also more simplistic designs that make better use of space in the context of a home. The normal thing is that they abandon the convex lid in favor of a completely flat one, with an internal mechanism that keeps it open for greater comfort, avoiding the need to turn it until it locks at the back.
Thanks to this and other characteristics of modern trunks, it is not necessary to have as much space available in the house to place them. Far from being used to store gold coins or war loot, these pieces of furniture are very practical to make better use of the available space and free the shelves of those items that we will not use for a few months, as well as to protect those that we simply want to keep. for its emotional value .
The trunk of the car is also called the trunk.
The trunk
In several Latin American countries , on the other hand, the car compartment that allows you to store luggage and other objects is called a trunk. This compartment is also called the trunk or trunk depending on the geographic region: "I don't know how we are going to keep so many bags in the trunk of my car," "If you want, we can carry the bottles in the trunk," "I have the trunk full of boxes with company documentation .
The trunk is usually located in the rear section of the vehicle . In older cars, a person must use a key to open the trunk: more modern cars, on the other hand, have an automatic tailgate that opens and closes remotely.
Trunk as a proper name
As a proper name, we find it in many examples, such as in a town in Spain located in the municipality of Baza , in the province of Granada . This Andalusian town is located to the west of the region, of which the municipalities of Benamaurel, Caniles, Cortes de Baza, Cuevas del Campo, Cúllar, Freila and Zújar also form part. Nearby you can visit the towns of Gor and Los Balcones .
In Guatemala there is a Mayan archaeological site called El Baúl , with an invaluable pre-Columbian legacy. It is one of the three sites that make up the archaeological zone of Cotzumalhuapa , along with El Castillo and Bilbao , of great importance for the country. Its northern acropolis is located 550 meters above sea level, 4 km beyond Santa Lucía Cotzumalhuapa . The southern one, on the other hand, was demolished in 1997 .
The Venezuelan town of El Baúl , on the other hand, is located in Cojedes and its foundation took place in 1744 by Brother Pedro José Villanueva , who baptized it with the name of San Miguel Arcángel de la Boca del Río Tinaco . Some scholars believe that its nickname arose from the characteristics of its geography, which places it between rivers and hills .