pascua

See also: Pascua

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh).

Noun

pascua f (uncountable)

1. Easter

Galician

Alternative forms

• páscoa

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pascua (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh). Cognate with Portuguese páscoa, Asturian pascua, Spanish pascua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaskwa̝/

Noun

pascua f (plural pascuas)

1. (Christianity) Easter

   Synonyms: Pascua, Pascua Florida, Pascua de Resurrección

2. (Christianity) the period between the birth of Christ and the adoration of the Magi
3. (Judaism) Passover

Derived terms

• Pascua de Resurrección
• Pascua Florida
• pascual

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pascua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pascua”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “pascua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pascua”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pascua”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh).

Noun

pascua f

1. (Haketia) holiday

Latin

Pronunciation

• pāscua:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpaːs.ku.a]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpas.ku.a]
• pāscuā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpaːs.ku.aː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpas.ku.a]

Adjective

pāscua

1. inflection of pāscuus:
   1. nominative/ablative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Noun

pāscua

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pāscuum

Noun

pāscua f (genitive pāscuae); first declension

1. pasture, place for beasts to graze

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pāscua	pāscuae
genitive	pāscuae	pāscuārum
dative	pāscuae	pāscuīs
accusative	pāscuam	pāscuās
ablative	pāscuā	pāscuīs
vocative	pāscua	pāscuae

References

• “pascua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "pascua", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pascua”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Pascua

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pāscuum, pāscua (“grazing; feed for animals”), the confusion aided by the end of Lent fasting at Easter), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (pasḥā), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaskwa/ [ˈpas.kwa]
• Rhymes: -askwa
• Syllabification: pas‧cua

Noun

pascua f (plural pascuas)

1. (Christianity) Easter
2. (Judaism) Passover

   Synonym: Pésaj

3. (Christianity) the period between the birth of Christ and the adoration of the Magi

Derived terms

• conejo de Pascua
• dar las Pascuas
• de Pascuas a Ramos
• flor de Pascua
• huevo de Pascua
• isla de Pascua
• lunes de Pascua
• mona de Pascua
• pan de Pascua

Related terms

• pascual

Descendants

• → Kavalan: Paskua
• → Central Bikol: Pasko
• → Cebuano: Pasko, Paskuwa
• → Ilocano: Paskua
• → Mezquital Otomi: baxjua
• → Papiamentu: Pasku
• → Quechua: Paskwa
• → Tagalog: Pasko, Paskuwa

Further reading

• “pascua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• pascua on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es