tasca

See also: tašča

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtas.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtas.ka]

Noun

tasca f (plural tasques)

1. task

Derived terms

• a tasca

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Galician

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ (“bag, pouch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaska̝/

Noun

tasca f (plural tascas)

1. landing net

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *tasko- (“peg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaska̝/

Noun

tasca f (plural tascas)

1. an implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them
2. the action of scutching the flax
3. a reunion for scutching the flax

Noun

tasca f (plural tascas)

1. (mildly derogatory) tavern

Noun

tasca f (plural tascas)

1. twait shad (Alosa fallax)
2. allis shad (Alosa alosa)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tasca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tasca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Interlingua

Etymology

Compare Italian tasca, German Tasche, Danish taske, Czech taška.

Noun

tasca (plural tascas)

1. bag

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Italian

Etymology

From Frankish *taska. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *das-, *des-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ska/

Noun

tasca f (plural tasche)

1. pocket
   • 1995, “Dentro la tasca di un qualunque mattino”, in Montgolfières, performed by Gianmaria Testa:

     Dentro la tasca di un qualunque mattino / dentro la tasca ti porterei / nel fazzoletto di cotone e profumo / nel fazzoletto ti nasconderei

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• intascare
• tascabile

Anagrams

• casta

Further reading

• tasca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Etymology

From tascar (“to nibble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʃ.kɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtas.kɐ/

Noun

tasca f (plural tascas)

1. restaurant
2. bar

Synonyms

• bodega
• taberna
• tasco

Verb

tasca

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaska/ [ˈt̪as.ka]

Noun

tasca f (plural tascas)

1. bar; inn; drinking hole