busca

See also: buscá and buscà

Asturian

Verb

busca

1. third-person singular present indicative of buscar
2. second-person singular imperative of buscar

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbus.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbus.ka/

Etymology 1

Perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *busk (“bush, thicket”).

Noun

busca f (plural busques)

1. A thin branch, straw, spill, etc.

   Synonym: bri

2. A very small portion of something; speck, crumb, smidgen, etc.

   Synonyms: engruna, volva

3. hand (pointer of a clock)
4. (programming) pointer

   Synonym: punter

Derived terms

• boscarla
• buscall
• busqueret
• busquerot
• busqueta

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

busca

1. third-person singular present indicative form of buscar
2. second-person singular imperative form of buscar

Further reading

• “busca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• bousca

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

busca f

1. cow

   Synonym: vaca

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese busca. Deverbal of buscar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuskɐ]

Noun

busca f (plural buscas)

1. search

   Synonym: procura

2. pursuit, quest

   Synonym: procura

3. (law, obsolete) prosecution
   • 1354, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). (Edición diplomática). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 237;

     douuos todo o dito dereyto et uoz et auçon, busca et demanda que eu ey contra o dito Affonso Eanes por rason do praso de arrendamento que el a min fezo do dito casal et herdade de Seares

     I give you all said right and voice and action, prosecution and complaint, I have against said Afonso Anes because of the leasehold charter of said farm and property of Seares

References

• “busca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “busca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “busca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “busca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “busca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ska/
• Rhymes: -uska
• Hyphenation: bù‧sca

Verb

busca

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

Anagrams

• sbuca

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Occitan

Etymology

From Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

busca f (plural buscas)

1. log

Related terms

• boasc
• bos
• bòsc
• buscalha
• buscalhaire
• buscalhar
• busqueta

 

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈbus.kɐ/, [ˈbus.kɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈbus.kɐ/, [ˈbus.kɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ˈbuʃ.kɐ/, [ˈbuʃ.kɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈbuʃ.kɐ/, [ˈbuʃ.kɐ]

Etymology 1

Back-formation from buscar.

Noun

busca f (plural buscas)

1. searching
2. quest
3. research
4. rummage

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

busca

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of buscar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of buscar

Further reading

• “busca” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “busca” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “busca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “busca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2022.
• “busca” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “busca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuska/, [ˈbus.ka]

• Audio (Latin America)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bus‧ca

Etymology 1

From buscar (“to search”).

Noun

busca f (plural buscas)

1. search (an attempt to find something)

   Synonym: búsqueda

Derived terms

• busca y captura

Verb

busca

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

Etymology 2

Clipping of buscapersonas.

Noun

busca m (plural buscas)

1. pager (a wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages)

Further reading

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