cáscara

See also: cascara, cascará, and cascarà

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin reconstructed as *quassicāre (“to strike repeatedly”), from Latin quassare (“to tremor; to cause to tremor by repeated strikes”) + -icō (“indicating frequent or repetitive action”), from quatiō (“to shake”) + -tō (“indicating frequent or repetitive action”). First applied to bark and peels from the manner of their removal. Cognate with English cask and Portuguese casca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaskaɾa/ [ˈkas.ka.ɾa]
Rhymes: -askaɾa
Syllabification: cás‧ca‧ra

Noun

cáscara f (plural cáscaras)

bark from a bush or tree
- 2002, Heriberto Feraudy Espino, Macua, page 213:
  La cáscara de este árbol era utilizada para hacer tangas.
  The bark of this tree was used to make thongs.
Synonym: corteza
any similar outer layer, as the peel of a fruit, the rind of a melon, or the shell of an egg or nut, husk of a coconut
- 1845, Elementos de química:
  El color leonado de la cáscara de nuez [...]
  The fawn color of the walnut shell [...]
- 1995, Maria Jesus Gil De Antuñano, Helados, page 11:
  Las dos mitades de cáscara de piña se meten en el congelador.
  The two halves of the pineapple peel are put in the freezer.

Derived terms

cascador, cascarillero

References

1879, Friedrich August Flückiger & al., Pharmacographia..., p. 346:
: The hardships of bark-collecting in the primeval forests of South America are of the severest kind, and undergone only by the half-civilized Indians and people of mixed race, in the pay of speculators or companies located in the towns. Those who are engaged in the business, especially the collectors themselves, are called Cascarilleros or Cascadores, from the Spanish word Cascara, bark.

Anagrams

Caracas
carcasa

单词	cáscara
释义	cáscara See also: cascara, cascará, and cascarà Spanish Etymology From Vulgar Latin reconstructed as quassicāre (“to strike repeatedly”), from Latin quassare* (“to tremor; to cause to tremor by repeated strikes”) + -icō (“indicating frequent or repetitive action”), from quatiō (“to shake”) + -tō (“indicating frequent or repetitive action”). First applied to bark and peels from the manner of their removal. Cognate with English cask and Portuguese casca. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈkaskaɾa/ [ˈkas.ka.ɾa] Rhymes: -askaɾa Syllabification: cás‧ca‧ra Noun cáscara f (plural cáscaras) bark from a bush or tree 2002, Heriberto Feraudy Espino, Macua, page 213: La cáscara de este árbol era utilizada para hacer tangas. The bark of this tree was used to make thongs. Synonym: corteza any similar outer layer, as the peel of a fruit, the rind of a melon, or the shell of an egg or nut, husk of a coconut 1845, Elementos de química: El color leonado de la cáscara de nuez [...] The fawn color of the walnut shell [...] 1995, Maria Jesus Gil De Antuñano, Helados, page 11: Las dos mitades de cáscara de piña se meten en el congelador. The two halves of the pineapple peel are put in the freezer. Derived terms cascador, cascarillero References 1879, Friedrich August Flückiger & al., Pharmacographia..., p. 346: : The hardships of bark-collecting in the primeval forests of South America are of the severest kind, and undergone only by the half-civilized Indians and people of mixed race, in the pay of speculators or companies located in the towns. Those who are engaged in the business, especially the collectors themselves, are called Cascarilleros or Cascadores, from the Spanish word Cascara, bark. Further reading “cáscara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014 Anagrams Caracas carcasa
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