Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Uncertain, perhaps pre-Roman. Compare Italian lisca (fishbone), Piedmontese lesca (slice).

Noun edit

llesca f (plural llesques)

  1. slice
    • 1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:
      Vaig anar a l'armari, em vaig tallar una grossa llesca de pa, i amb quatre mossades, goludament, rabiosament, em vaig empassar el meu dinar, que estava intacte.
      I went to the cupboard, I cut myself a thick slice of bread, and with four bites, greedily, furiously, I swallowed my lunch, intact.
Antonyms edit
  • (antonym(s) of "interior slice of bread"): crostó
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

llesca

  1. inflection of llescar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish edit

Noun edit

llesca f (plural llescas)

  1. (slang) weed, dope (marijuana)