rasca

See also: rascá and rascà

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

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.

Related terms

• rasquet
• rasqueta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rasca

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

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁas.kɐ/ [ˈhas.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁas.kɐ/ [ˈhas.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaʃ.kɐ/ [ˈχaʃ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁas.ka/ [ˈhas.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaʃ.kɐ/

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrast͡sa/

Noun

rasca f (genitive singular rasce, nominative plural rasce, genitive plural rascí, declension pattern of ulica)

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

• rascový

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, 2023

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraska/ [ˈras.ka]
• 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

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