tascar

Asturian

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Verb

tascar

1. to scratch
2. to scutch

Conjugation

Conjugation of tascar

infinitive		tascar
gerund		tascando
past participle		m tascáu, f tascada, n tascao, m pl tascaos, f pl tascaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	tasco	tasques	tasca	tascamos	tascáis	tasquen
	imperfect	tascaba	tascabes	tascaba	tascábemos, tascábamos	tascabeis, tascabais	tascaben
	preterite	tasqué	tascasti, tasquesti	tascó	tasquemos	tascastis, tasquestis	tascaron
	pluperfect	tascare, tascara	tascares, tascaras	tascare, tascara	tascáremos, tascáramos	tascareis, tascarais	tascaren, tascaran
	future	tascaré	tascarás	tascará	tascaremos	tascaréis	tascarán
	conditional	tascaría	tascaríes	tascaría	tascaríemos, tascaríamos	tascaríeis, tascaríais	tascaríen
subjunctive	present	tasque	tasques, tascas	tasque	tasquemos	tasquéis	tasquen, tascan
	imperfect	tascare, tascara	tascares, tascaras	tascare, tascara	tascáremos, tascáramos	tascareis, tascarais	tascaren, tascaran
imperative		—	tasca	—	—	tascái	—

Galician

Etymology

Attested from the 15th century. From tasco (“flax bast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tasˈkaɾ/

Verb

tascar (first-person singular present tasco, first-person singular preterite tasquei, past participle tascado)

1. to scutch (to remove the bast from flax)
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 344:

     It. lyno que se em huun saquo por tascar

     Item, flax that is in a sack, for being scutched

2. (of horses) to munch

   Synonym: espadelar

   • 1937, Fuco G. Gómez, O idioma dos animás:

     sentíase o tasquear, espurriñar i esbarrufar das bestas e cabalos xotos

     you could hear the munching, stamping and sneezing of the sullen mares and horses

3. to rub the legs when walking

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tascar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tascar
Personal	tascar	tascares	tascar	tascarmos	tascardes	tascaren
Gerund
	tascando
Past participle
Masculine	tascado			tascados
Feminine	tascada			tascadas
Indicative
Present	tasco	tascas	tasca	tascamos	tascades	tascan
Imperfect	tascaba	tascabas	tascaba	tascabamos	tascabades	tascaban
Preterite	tasquei	tascaches	tascou	tascamos	tascastes	tascaron
Pluperfect	tascara	tascaras	tascara	tascaramos	tascarades	tascaran
Future	tascarei	tascarás	tascará	tascaremos	tascaredes	tascarán
Conditional	tascaría	tascarías	tascaría	tascariamos	tascariades	tascarían
Subjunctive
Present	tasque	tasques	tasque	tasquemos	tasquedes	tasquen
Imperfect	tascase	tascases	tascase	tascásemos	tascásedes	tascasen
Future	tascar	tascares	tascar	tascarmos	tascardes	tascaren
Imperative
Affirmative		tasca	tasque	tasquemos	tascade	tasquen
Negative (non)		non tasques	non tasque	non tasquemos	non tasquedes	non tasquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of tascar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tascar
Personal	tascar	tascares	tascar	tascarmos	tascardes	tascarem
Gerund
	tascando
Past participle
Masculine	tascado			tascados
Feminine	tascada			tascadas
Indicative
Present	tasco	tascas	tasca	tascamos	tascades, tascais	tascam
Imperfect	tascava	tascavas	tascava	tascávamos	tascávades, tascáveis, tascávais1	tascavam
Preterite	tasquei	tascaste, tascache1	tascou	tascamos	tascastes	tascárom, tascaram
Pluperfect	tascara	tascaras	tascara	tascáramos	tascárades, tascáreis, tascárais1	tascaram
Future	tascarei	tascarás	tascará	tascaremos	tascaredes, tascareis	tascarám, tascarão
Conditional	tascaria	tascarias	tascaria	tascaríamos	tascaríades, tascaríeis, tascaríais1	tascariam
Subjunctive
Present	tasque	tasques	tasque	tasquemos	tasquedes, tasqueis	tasquem
Imperfect	tascasse	tascasses	tascasse	tascássemos	tascássedes, tascásseis	tascassem
Future	tascar	tascares	tascar	tascarmos	tascardes	tascarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tasca	tasque	tasquemos	tascade, tascai	tasquem
Negative (nom)		nom tasques	nom tasque	nom tasquemos	nom tasquedes, nom tasqueis	nom tasquem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• atascar
• tascador
• tasco
• tascón

 

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tascar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tascar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tascar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tascar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tascar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Mirandese

FWOTD – 26 September 2013

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɐs̺.ˈkaɾ/

Verb

tascar

1. to remove the bast from a flax plant

Related terms

• tascos

References

• “tascar” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish tascar (“to scutch”)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tasˈka(ʁ)/ [tasˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tasˈka(ʁ)/ [tasˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tasˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /taʃˈka(ʁ)/ [taʃˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tasˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐʃˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐʃˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐʃˈka.ɾi/

Verb

tascar (first-person singular present tasco, first-person singular preterite tasquei, past participle tascado)

1. to scutch (to remove the bast from a flax plant)
2. (informal) to nibble

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tascar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tascar
Personal	tascar	tascares	tascar	tascarmos	tascardes	tascarem
Gerund
	tascando
Past participle
Masculine	tascado			tascados
Feminine	tascada			tascadas
Indicative
Present	tasco	tascas	tasca	tascamos	tascais	tascam
Imperfect	tascava	tascavas	tascava	tascávamos	tascáveis	tascavam
Preterite	tasquei	tascaste	tascou	tascamos1, tascámos2	tascastes	tascaram
Pluperfect	tascara	tascaras	tascara	tascáramos	tascáreis	tascaram
Future	tascarei	tascarás	tascará	tascaremos	tascareis	tascarão
Conditional	tascaria	tascarias	tascaria	tascaríamos	tascaríeis	tascariam
Subjunctive
Present	tasque	tasques	tasque	tasquemos	tasqueis	tasquem
Imperfect	tascasse	tascasses	tascasse	tascássemos	tascásseis	tascassem
Future	tascar	tascares	tascar	tascarmos	tascardes	tascarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tasca	tasque	tasquemos	tascai	tasquem
Negative (não)		não tasques	não tasque	não tasquemos	não tasqueis	não tasquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• tasca
• tasco

Spanish

Etymology

Maybe from Gothic *𐍄𐌰𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 (*taskōn); also compare Proto-Germanic *takkô (“spike”). Or, from Proto-Celtic *taskos (“badger”), see also Gallaecian τασκός (“peg”), Gaulish *tasgos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tasˈkaɾ/ [t̪asˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tas‧car

Verb

tascar (first-person singular present tasco, first-person singular preterite tasqué, past participle tascado)

1. to scutch
2. to crunch

Conjugation

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

infinitive			tascar
gerund			tascando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tascado		tascada
		plural		tascados		tascadas
		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	tasco	tascastú tascásvos	tasca	tascamos	tascáis	tascan
	imperfect	tascaba	tascabas	tascaba	tascábamos	tascabais	tascaban
	preterite	tasqué	tascaste	tascó	tascamos	tascasteis	tascaron
	future	tascaré	tascarás	tascará	tascaremos	tascaréis	tascarán
	conditional	tascaría	tascarías	tascaría	tascaríamos	tascaríais	tascarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tasque	tasquestú tasquésvos2	tasque	tasquemos	tasquéis	tasquen
	imperfect (ra)	tascara	tascaras	tascara	tascáramos	tascarais	tascaran
	imperfect (se)	tascase	tascases	tascase	tascásemos	tascaseis	tascasen
	future1	tascare	tascares	tascare	tascáremos	tascareis	tascaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tascatú tascávos	tasque	tasquemos	tascad	tasquen
	negative		no tasques	no tasque	no tasquemos	no tasquéis	no tasquen

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

    Selected combined forms of tascar (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 tascar	dative	tascarme	tascarte	tascarle, tascarse	tascarnos	tascaros	tascarles, tascarse
	accusative	tascarme	tascarte	tascarlo, tascarla, tascarse	tascarnos	tascaros	tascarlos, tascarlas, tascarse
with gerund tascando	dative	tascándome	tascándote	tascándole, tascándose	tascándonos	tascándoos	tascándoles, tascándose
	accusative	tascándome	tascándote	tascándolo, tascándola, tascándose	tascándonos	tascándoos	tascándolos, tascándolas, tascándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tasca	dative	táscame	táscate	táscale	táscanos	not used	táscales
	accusative	táscame	táscate	táscalo, táscala	táscanos	not used	táscalos, táscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tascá	dative	tascame	tascate	tascale	tascanos	not used	tascales
	accusative	tascame	tascate	tascalo, tascala	tascanos	not used	tascalos, tascalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tasque	dative	tásqueme	not used	tásquele, tásquese	tásquenos	not used	tásqueles
	accusative	tásqueme	not used	tásquelo, tásquela, tásquese	tásquenos	not used	tásquelos, tásquelas
with first-person plural imperative tasquemos	dative	not used	tasquémoste	tasquémosle	tasquémonos	tasquémoos	tasquémosles
	accusative	not used	tasquémoste	tasquémoslo, tasquémosla	tasquémonos	tasquémoos	tasquémoslos, tasquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tascad	dative	tascadme	not used	tascadle	tascadnos	tascaos	tascadles
	accusative	tascadme	not used	tascadlo, tascadla	tascadnos	tascaos	tascadlos, tascadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tasquen	dative	tásquenme	not used	tásquenle	tásquennos	not used	tásquenles, tásquense
	accusative	tásquenme	not used	tásquenlo, tásquenla	tásquennos	not used	tásquenlos, tásquenlas, tásquense

Derived terms

• tasco

 

Further reading

• “tascar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10