rasca

See also: rascá, rascà, and Rașca

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈras.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈras.ka]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rascar.

Noun

rasca f (plural rasques)

1. (masonry) scraper
2. (colloquial) freezing cold
   • 2010, Margarida Aritzeta, La maleta sarda:

     Algú s'havia acostat a la finestra per veure què passava, darrere un parell de finestrons s'hi veia llum, i algun valent s'havia atrevit a badar dos dits la portella, malgrat la rasca i l'aigua que queia.

     Someone had drawn near the window to see what was happening, behind a couple of shutters one saw light, and some brave soul had dared to open the wicket a couple of fingers despite the freezing cold and the water that fell.

Related terms

• rasquet
• rasqueta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rasca

1. inflection of rascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rasca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Verb

rasca

1. inflection of rascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁas.kɐ/ [ˈhas.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁas.kɐ/ [ˈhas.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaʃ.kɐ/ [ˈχaʃ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁas.ka/ [ˈhas.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaʃ.kɐ/

Etymology 1

Adjective

rasca m or f (plural rascas)

1. (colloquial, Portugal) common, vulgar, of bad quality

   Synonyms: ordinário, fraco, reles

Noun

rasca f (plural rascas)

1. dragnet (net dragged across the bottom of the sea)

   Synonym: arrastão

Etymology 2

Verb

rasca

1. inflection of rascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rasca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rasca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rast͡sa/, [ˈrast͡sa]
• Rhymes: -ast͡sa
• Hyphenation: ras‧ca

Noun

rasca f (relational adjective rascový)

1. caraway (plant)
2. caraway (fruit and spice)

Declension

Declension of rasca
(pattern ulica)

	singular
nominative	rasca
genitive	rasce
dative	rasci
accusative	rascu
locative	rasci
instrumental	rascou

Further reading

• “rasca”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraska/ [ˈras.ka]
• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: ras‧ca

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rascar.

Adjective

rasca m or f (masculine and feminine plural rascas)

1. (Chile, colloquial) common, vulgar

   Synonyms: chulo, flaite, mugriento, ordinario, picante

Noun

rasca f (plural rascas)

1. (colloquial) cold wind
2. (Venezuela, colloquial) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Etymology 2

Verb

rasca

1. inflection of rascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rasca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025