# casca
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈkas.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkas.ka]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

casca f (plural casques)
* Synonym of closca

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

casca
* inflection of cascar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “casca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “casca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “casca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Attested from the 14th century. Back-formation from cascar (“to peel”), from Vulgar Latin *quassicare, from quassāre.

#### Noun

casca f (plural cascas)
* skin; peel; rind (of fruits or vegetables)
** 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C, page 117:ẽna almẽdra son tres cousas: a cortiça da çima et a casca et a vianda de dentrothere are three things in an almond: the external husk, the peel, and the viand inside
* bark (of trees)
** 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 418:e da cárrega de palla, un diñeiro e do carro da casqa, duas brancasfor a load of hay, [they shall pay] a diñeiro, and by a cartload of bark, two brancas
* shell (of eggs or nuts)
** 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 129:Para esto ual o ouo torrado ataa que se faça duro et depois tollelle a casca et faz tal como bolloFor this you must use egg, roasted till its hard; remove then the shell and make a roll with it
* husk

##### Synonyms

* tona

##### Derived terms

* cascón
* cascuda
* casqueiro
* casqueiro

##### Related terms

* cascar

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “casca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “casca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “casca”, 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), “casca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “casca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

casca
* inflection of cascar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.ska/
* Rhymes: -aska
* Hyphenation: cà‧sca

### Verb

casca
* inflection of cascare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Sacca, Saccà, sacca

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkas.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkas.kɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkaʃ.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkas.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkaʃ.kɐ/

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from cascar (“to peel”).

#### Noun

casca f (plural cascas)
* skin; peel; rind (of fruits or vegetables)
* bark (of trees)
* shell (of eggs or nuts)
* husk
* scab

##### Derived terms

* cascalho

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

casca
* inflection of cascar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaska/ [ˈkas.ka]
* Rhymes: -aska
* Syllabification: cas‧ca

### Verb

casca
* inflection of cascar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative