tasca

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtas.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtas.ka/

Noun

tasca f (plural tasques)

1. task

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ (“bag, pouch”).

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *tasko- (“peg”).^[1]

References

• “tasca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “tasca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “tasca (rede)” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “tasca 'taberna'” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “tasca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

Compare German Tasche, Danish taske, Czech taška.

Noun

tasca (plural tascas)

1. bag

Etymology

From Frankish *taska. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *das-, *des-.

Noun

tasca f (plural tasche)

1. pocket

Anagrams

• casta

Etymology

From tascar (“to nibble”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʃ.kɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtas.kɐ/

Noun

tasca f (plural tascas)

1. restaurant
2. bar

Verb

tasca

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of tascar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of tascar

Noun

tasca f (plural tascas)

1. bar; inn; drinking hole