triscar

Galician

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 (þriskan), from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (“to thresh”). Compare Spanish triscar, Old French treschier, Italian trescare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾisˈkaɾ/

Verb

1. to stomp
2. to shear
3. to make a cracking sound
   • 1671, Gabriel Feixoo de Arauxo, Entremés famoso sobre da pesca do río Miño, page 15:

     Boteille catorce dentes fóra coa cachiporra [...] O lombo lle vai triscando

     I put out of him fourteen teeth with the club [...] his back is cracking as he walks away

4. to strike

Derived terms

• trisco

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “trescar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “triscar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “triscar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “triscar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 (þriskan), from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (“to thresh”). Compare Spanish triscar, Old French treschier, Italian trescare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾiʃˈkaɾ/

Verb

1. to touch lightly
2. to argue, to fight, to altercate

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾisˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾisˈkaɾ]

Verb

triscar (first-person singular present trisco, first-person singular preterite trisqué, past participle triscado)

1. to leap about
2. to stamp; stomp
3. to mix; mix up
4. to set (a saw)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of triscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			triscar
gerund			triscando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		triscado		triscada
		plural		triscados		triscadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trisco	triscastú triscásvos	trisca	triscamos	triscáis	triscan
	imperfect	triscaba	triscabas	triscaba	triscábamos	triscabais	triscaban
	preterite	trisqué	triscaste	triscó	triscamos	triscasteis	triscaron
	future	triscaré	triscarás	triscará	triscaremos	triscaréis	triscarán
	conditional	triscaría	triscarías	triscaría	triscaríamos	triscaríais	triscarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trisque	trisquestú trisquésvos2	trisque	trisquemos	trisquéis	trisquen
	imperfect (ra)	triscara	triscaras	triscara	triscáramos	triscarais	triscaran
	imperfect (se)	triscase	triscases	triscase	triscásemos	triscaseis	triscasen
	future1	triscare	triscares	triscare	triscáremos	triscareis	triscaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		triscatú triscávos	trisque	trisquemos	triscad	trisquen
	negative		no trisques	no trisque	no trisquemos	no trisquéis	no trisquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of triscar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive triscar
	dative	triscarme	triscarte	triscarle, triscarse	triscarnos	triscaros	triscarles, triscarse
	accusative	triscarme	triscarte	triscarlo, triscarla, triscarse	triscarnos	triscaros	triscarlos, triscarlas, triscarse
with gerund triscando
	dative	triscándome	triscándote	triscándole, triscándose	triscándonos	triscándoos	triscándoles, triscándose
	accusative	triscándome	triscándote	triscándolo, triscándola, triscándose	triscándonos	triscándoos	triscándolos, triscándolas, triscándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative trisca
	dative	tríscame	tríscate	tríscale	tríscanos	not used	tríscales
	accusative	tríscame	tríscate	tríscalo, tríscala	tríscanos	not used	tríscalos, tríscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative triscá
	dative	triscame	triscate	triscale	triscanos	not used	triscales
	accusative	triscame	triscate	triscalo, triscala	triscanos	not used	triscalos, triscalas
with formal second-person singular imperative trisque
	dative	trísqueme	not used	trísquele, trísquese	trísquenos	not used	trísqueles
	accusative	trísqueme	not used	trísquelo, trísquela, trísquese	trísquenos	not used	trísquelos, trísquelas
with first-person plural imperative trisquemos
	dative	not used	trisquémoste	trisquémosle	trisquémonos	trisquémoos	trisquémosles
	accusative	not used	trisquémoste	trisquémoslo, trisquémosla	trisquémonos	trisquémoos	trisquémoslos, trisquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative triscad
	dative	triscadme	not used	triscadle	triscadnos	triscaos	triscadles
	accusative	triscadme	not used	triscadlo, triscadla	triscadnos	triscaos	triscadlos, triscadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative trisquen
	dative	trísquenme	not used	trísquenle	trísquennos	not used	trísquenles, trísquense
	accusative	trísquenme	not used	trísquenlo, trísquenla	trísquennos	not used	trísquenlos, trísquenlas, trísquense

Further reading

• “triscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014