# busca
## Asturian
### Verb

busca
* third-person singular present indicative of buscar
* second-person singular imperative of buscar

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

Perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *busk (“bush, thicket”).

#### Noun

busca f (plural busques)
* a thin branch, straw, spill, etc.
    Synonym: bri
* a very small portion of something; speck, crumb, smidgen, etc.
    Synonyms: engruna, volva
* hand (pointer of a clock)
* (programming) pointer
    Synonym: punter

##### Derived terms

* boscarla
* buscall
* busqueret
* busquerot
* busqueta

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

busca
* inflection of buscar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “busca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* bousca

### Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin form of Latin bōs, bovem + feminine of -esco. Compare bu (“ox”).

### Noun

busca f
* cow
    Synonym: vaca

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese busca. Deverbal from buscar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbuskɐ]

#### Noun

busca f (plural buscas)
* search
    Synonym: procura
* pursuit, quest
    Synonym: procura
* (law, obsolete) prosecution
** 1354, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). (Edición diplomática). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 237;
    douuos todo o dito dereyto et uoz et auçon, busca et demanda que eu ey contra o dito Affonso Eanes por rason do praso de arrendamento que el a min fezo do dito casal et herdade de Seares
       I give you all said right and voice and action, prosecution and complaint, I have against said Afonso Anes because of the leasehold charter of said farm and property of Seares

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “busca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “busca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “busca”, 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), “busca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “busca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

busca
* inflection of buscar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu.ska/
* Rhymes: -uska
* Hyphenation: bù‧sca

### Verb

busca
* inflection of buscare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* sbuca

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

### Noun

busca f (plural buscas)
* log

#### Related terms

* boasc
* bos
* bòsc
* buscalha
* buscalhaire
* buscalhar
* busqueta

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbus.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbus.kɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈbuʃ.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbus.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbuʃ.kɐ/

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from buscar.

#### Noun

busca f (plural buscas)
* searching
* quest
* research
* rummage

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

busca
* inflection of buscar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “busca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “busca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “busca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “busca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “busca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “busca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbuska/ [ˈbus.ka]
* Audio (Latin America):(file)
* Rhymes: -uska
* Syllabification: bus‧ca

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from buscar (“to search”).

#### Noun

busca f (plural buscas)
* search (an attempt to find something)
    Synonym: búsqueda

##### Derived terms

* busca y captura

#### Verb

busca
* inflection of buscar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 2

Clipping of buscapersonas.

#### Noun

busca m (plural buscas)
* pager (a wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages)

### Further reading

* “busca”, 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