căsca

See also: casca, Casca, cascà, cascá, and Cásca

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cascāre, from Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, to yawn, gape). Compare Aromanian hascu, cascu, Sardinian cascare, cascai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəsˈka/
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  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: căs‧ca

Verb

a căsca (third-person singular present cască, past participle căscat, third-person subjunctive caște) 1st conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to yawn
  2. (transitive, of the mouth, figuratively of the eyes) to gape, open wide
  3. (reflexive) to gape (be open wide)
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) to shout
  5. (catenative, obsolete) to maliciously strive

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