chiscar

chiscar

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃisˈkaɾ/ [t͡ʃisˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: chis‧car

Verb

chiscar (first-person singular indicative present chisco, past participle chiscáu)

  1. to splash

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “chiscar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • chiscar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from *klVsk- ("knok; wink").[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃisˈkaɾ/ [t͡ʃis̺ˈkɑɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: chis‧car

Verb

chiscar (first-person singular present chisco, first-person singular preterite chisquei, past participle chiscado)

  1. (ambitransitive) to wink
    Synonyms: choscar, piscar
  2. (transitive) to touch slightly

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “chusco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

chiscar (first-person singular present chisco, first-person singular preterite chisqué, past participle chiscado)

  1. (transitive) to light (a cigar or cigarette)

Conjugation

Further reading