# tascar
## Asturian

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### Verb

tascar
* to scratch
* to scutch

#### Conjugation
## Galician
### Etymology

Attested from the 15th century. From tasco (“flax bast”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tasˈkaɾ/

### Verb

tascar (first-person singular present tasco, first-person singular preterite tasquei, past participle tascado)
* to scutch (to remove the bast from flax)
** 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 344:It. lyno que se em huun saquo por tascarItem, flax that is in a sack, for being scutched
* (of horses) to munch
    Synonym: espadelar
** 1937, Fuco G. Gómez, O idioma dos animás:sentíase o tasquear, espurriñar i esbarrufar das bestas e cabalos xotosyou could hear the munching, stamping and sneezing of the sullen mares and horses
* to rub the legs when walking

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* atascar
* tascador
* tasco
* tascón

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tascar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “tascar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tascar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “tascar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tascar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Mirandese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɐs̺.ˈkaɾ/

### Verb

tascar
* to remove the bast from a flax plant

#### Related terms

* tascos

### References

* “tascar” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Spanish tascar (“to scutch”)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tasˈka(ʁ)/ [tasˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /tasˈka(ʁ)/ [tasˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /tasˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /taʃˈka(ʁ)/ [taʃˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /tasˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɐʃˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɐʃˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɐʃˈka.ɾi/

### Verb

tascar (first-person singular present tasco, first-person singular preterite tasquei, past participle tascado)
* to scutch (to remove the bast from a flax plant)
* (informal) to nibble

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* tasca
* tasco

### References

* ↑ “tascar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Spanish
### Etymology

Maybe from Gothic *𐍄𐌰𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 (*taskōn); also compare Proto-Germanic *takkô (“spike”). Or, from Proto-Celtic *taskos (“badger”), see also Gallaecian τασκός (“peg”), Gaulish *tasgos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tasˈkaɾ/ [t̪asˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tas‧car

### Verb

tascar (first-person singular present tasco, first-person singular preterite tasqué, past participle tascado)
* to scutch
* to crunch

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* tasco

### References

* ↑ “tascar”, 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
* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
* ↑ Koch, J. T. (2006). Celtic Culture: A-Celti. United States: ABC-CLIO, p. 788
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tascar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “tascar”, 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