trojan

BrE /ˈtrəʊ.jən/ AmE /ˈtroʊ.jən/

noun en → es

1 HISTORY [singular] C2

a member of the people who lived in Troy during the Trojan War

troyano, habitante de Troya

  • The Trojans were defeated by the Greeks.

    Los troyanos fueron derrotados por los griegos.

2 COMPUTER [singular] B2

a type of computer program that appears to be useful or interesting but is actually designed to steal information from a user's computer

caballo de Troya (informática)

Collocations trojan virus · detect trojans

  • The company's computer system was infected with a trojan.

    El sistema informático de la empresa fue infectado con un caballo de Troya.