# cascar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *quassicāre, frequentative from Latin quassāre (“strike”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kəsˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kasˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

cascar (first-person singular present casco, first-person singular preterite casquí, past participle cascat)
* (transitive) to bruise
    Synonyms: macar, masegar
* (pronominal) to become bruised

#### Derived terms

* cascar-se-la

### Further reading

* “cascar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “cascar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “cascar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “cascar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *quassicāre, frequentative from Latin quassāre (“strike”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kasˈkaɾ/

### Verb

cascar (first-person singular present casco, first-person singular preterite casquei, past participle cascado)
* to crack, to shell, to peel
* to hit; to blow
* (vulgar) to wank, to masturbate
    Déixame estar, ho! Vai cascala! ― Leave me alone! Go wank yourself!

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* casca
* cascallar
* cascallo
* cascante
* casco
* cascón
* cascuda
* casqueiro
* casquento
* casquete
* escascar

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cascar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “cascar”, 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), “cascar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “cascar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cascar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *quassicāre, frequentative from Latin quassāre (“strike”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kasˈka(ʁ)/ [kasˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kasˈka(ʁ)/ [kasˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kasˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kaʃˈka(ʁ)/ [kaʃˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kasˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐʃˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐʃˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐʃˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: cas‧car

### Verb

cascar (first-person singular present casco, first-person singular preterite casquei, past participle cascado)
* to hit, to blow
* (figuratively) to say bitter words to someone
* to peel, to shell

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* cascar o bico

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *quassicāre, frequentative from Latin quassāre (“strike”). More-or-less a doublet of quejar. Cf. also English quash.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kasˈkaɾ/ [kasˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cas‧car

### Verb

cascar (first-person singular present casco, first-person singular preterite casqué, past participle cascado)
* to crack, to split
* (informal) to hit
    Synonym: golpear
* (informal) to wank
* (Southern Spain, Andalusia) (informal) to chatter
* (informal) (reflexive) (dysphemistic}) to snuff it (die)
    Synonym: palmar
* (informal) to slap (a fine on someone)

#### 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

* cascarrabias
* cascársela
* casco

### Further reading

* “cascar”, 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

## Venetan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere. Compare Italian cascare.

### Verb

cascar
* to fall

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### See also

* caièr