lasca

Perhaps from Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaskɐ]

lasca f (plural lascas)

1. chip; splinter; shaving

   Synonyms: labra, lisca, para

2. gecko

   Synonyms: ladra, osga

• lascar

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑsˠkə/^[1], /ˈl̪ˠasˠkə/

lasca m (genitive singular lasca, nominative plural lascaí)

1. welt (strip of leather on a shoe)

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “lasca bróige”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 420
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lasca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lasca

1. plural of lasc

lasca

1. analytic present subjunctive of lasc

• IPA^(key): /ˈlas.ka/
• Rhymes: -aska
• Hyphenation: là‧sca

Borrowed from Lombardic asco (“grayling”), whence German Äsche, with the l- derived from rebracketing of the definite article.

lasca f (plural lasche)

1. nase (fish of the family Cyprinidae)
2. (regional or archaic) fish (in general)

   Synonym: pesce

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lasca

1. inflection of lascare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• scala

lasca

1. inflection of lascer:
   1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.

lasca f (plural lascas)

1. chip; splinter (small piece removed from the surface of something)

   O chão da carpintaria estava cheio de lascas de madeira.

   The carpentry’s floor was full of woodchips.

   Quero uma lasca dessa carne, garçom.

   I’d like a shaving of that meat, waiter.

lasca

1. inflection of lascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “lasca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaska/ [ˈlas.ka]
• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: las‧ca

From Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.

lasca f (plural lascas)

1. stone chip, lithic flake
2. thin slice

   una lasca de jamón ― a thin slice of ham

lasca

1. inflection of lascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “lasca”, 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