yesca

Asturian

Noun

yesca f (plural yesques)

1. alternative form of esca

Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish yesca, iesca, from Latin ēsca. Doublet of esca. Compare Portuguese isca.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeska/ [ˈɟ͡ʝes.ka]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeska/ [ˈɟ͡ʝes.ka] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeska/ [ˈʃes.ka] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒeska/ [ˈʒes.ka] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -eska
• Syllabification: yes‧ca

Noun

yesca f (plural yescas)

1. tinder

   arder como si fuera yesca ― to burn like tinder

Related terms

• esca

Further reading

• “yesca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Anagrams

• yacés, yaces, yecas