rasca

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See also: rascá and rascà

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rascar.

Noun

rasca f (plural rasques)

  1. (masonry) scraper
  2. (colloquial) freezing cold
    • 2010, Margarida Aritzeta, La maleta sarda:
      Algú s'havia acostat a la finestra per veure què passava, darrere un parell de finestrons s'hi veia llum, i algun valent s'havia atrevit a badar dos dits la portella, malgrat la rasca i l'aigua que queia.
      Someone had drawn near the window to see what was happening, behind a couple of shutters one saw light, and some brave soul had dared to open the wicket a couple of fingers despite the freezing cold and the water that fell.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rasca

  1. inflection of rascar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Galician

Verb

rasca

  1. inflection of rascar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Adjective

rasca m or f (plural rascas)

  1. (colloquial, Portugal) common, vulgar, of bad quality
    Synonyms: ordinário, fraco, reles

Noun

rasca f (plural rascas)

  1. dragnet (net dragged across the bottom of the sea)
    Synonym: arrastão

Etymology 2

Verb

rasca

  1. inflection of rascar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

rasca f

  1. caraway (plant)
  2. caraway (fruit and spice)

Declension

Declension of rasca
singular plural
nominative rasca rasce
genitive rasce rascí
dative rasci rasciam
accusative rascu rasce
locative rasci rasciach
instrumental rascou rascami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “rasca”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraska/
  • Rhymes: -aska
  • Syllabification: ras‧ca

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rascar.

Adjective

rasca m or f (masculine and feminine plural rascas)

  1. (Chile, colloquial) common, vulgar
    Synonyms: chulo, flaite, mugriento, ordinario, picante

Noun

rasca f (plural rascas)

  1. (colloquial) cold wind
  2. (Venezuela, colloquial) drunkenness
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Etymology 2

Verb

rasca

  1. inflection of rascar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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