vaska

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaska/

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• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: vas‧ka

vaska (accusative singular vaskan, plural vaskaj, accusative plural vaskajn)

1. Basque (of or pertaining to the Basque people)

• eŭska

• “vaska”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “vaska”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaska/

vaska (third person singular past indicative vaskaði, third person plural past indicative vaskaðu, supine vaskað)

1. to wash

• vaska upp

Inherited from Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną.

vaska

1. to wash

vaska

1. inflection of vaskur:
   1. indefinite accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive plural

vaska m

1. genitive singular of vasks

• vasket

vaska

1. simple past of vaske
2. past participle of vaske

• vaske

From Old Norse vaska.

vaska (present tense vaskar, past tense vaska, past participle vaska, passive infinitive vaskast, present participle vaskande, imperative vaska/vask)

1. to wash (something, someone, oneself (reflexive))

• Russenorsk: vaskom

• “vaska” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water; wet”). Cognate with Old English wascan, Old Frisian waska, Old High German wascan, waskan, and Old Saxon waskan.

vaska (singular past indicative vaskaði, plural past indicative vǫskuðu, past participle vaskaðr)

1. to wash

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vaska”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Inherited from Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną.

vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska)

1. to wash

   Synonyms: tvätta, diska, rengöra, byka

2. to separate gold from dirt and sand with a pan

   Har du någonsin vaskat guld?

   Have you ever washed gold?

3. (informal) to get at valuable items or thoughts from an abundance of less interesting material

   Har du lyckats vaska fram något om den misstänkte?

   Have you been able to find something about the suspect (from all information available)?

From vask (“sink”) +‎ -a.

vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska)

1. (slang) to buy (expensive) champagne (at a restaurant) and pour it (or have it poured) down the drain (to flaunt wealth)
2. (slang, by extension) to buy anything and deliberately destroy it (to flaunt wealth)

• stekare (“member of the upper class with flashy lifestyle”)

• “vaska”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vaska”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vaska”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• skava, vakas