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Words are like fruit — full of flavour, history, and sometimes a little surprise. To celebrate World Fruit Day, we created a fun reel diving into the meaning of a unique Maltese word: “Tronġa.”

Tronġa is commonly used by Maltese speakers as an insult to someone who is not that intelligent. But what exactly is a tronga?

as Matthew Calleja, RSO at the Institute of Earth Systems, explains the true meaning of the word ‘Tronġa’.