yesca
Asturian
Noun
yesca f (plural yesques)
- Alternative form of esca
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish yesca, iesca, from Latin ēsca. Doublet of esca. Compare Portuguese isca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeska/ [ˈɟ͡ʝes.ka]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃeska/ [ˈʃes.ka]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒeska/ [ˈʒes.ka]
- Rhymes: -eska
- Syllabification: yes‧ca
Noun
yesca f (plural yescas)
- tinder
- arder como si fuera yesca ― to burn like tinder
Related terms
- esca
Further reading
- “yesca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- yacés, yaces, yecas