rascar

From Vulgar Latin *rāsicāre, a frequentative verb based on Latin rāsus (“shaven”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /rəsˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /rasˈkaɾ/
• Homophone: rascà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

rascar (first-person singular present rasco, past participle rascat)

1. (transitive) to scrape (off) (remove something from a surface)

   Synonym: gratar

2. (intransitive) to be scratchy
3. (intransitive) to make a grating sound

• “rascar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “rascar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “rascar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese rascar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *rāsicāre, a frequentative verb based on Latin rāsus (“shaven”).

• IPA^(key): [rasˈkaɾ]

rascar (first-person singular present rasco, first-person singular preterite rasquei, past participle rascado)

1. to scratch

   Synonyms: cozar, fregar, rañar

2. to scrape

   Synonym: raspar

3. to claw

   Synonym: rabuñar

4. to peel (potatoes)
5. to groom, to currycomb

• Note: rasc- are changed to rasqu- before front vowels (e).

• “rascar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “rasc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “rascar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rascar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rascar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese rascar, from Vulgar Latin *rāsicāre, a frequentative verb based on Latin rāsus (“shaven”).

rascar (first-person singular present rasco, first-person singular preterite rasquei, past participle rascado)

1. to scrape (draw a sharp object along a surface)

   Synonym: raspar

2. inflection of rascar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• rasgar
• arranhar

From Old Spanish rascar, from Vulgar Latin *rāsicāre, a frequentative verb based on Latin rāsus (“shaven”).

• IPA^(key): /rasˈkaɾ/ [rasˈkaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ras‧car

rascar (first-person singular present rasco, first-person singular preterite rasqué, past participle rascado)

1. to scratch

   Synonym: rayar

2. (reflexive, colloquial) to get drunk
3. to scrape (to play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument)

• arañar
• rasgar
• rasguñar
• raspar

• “rascar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014