yesca

Asturian

Noun

yesca f (plural yesques)

1. Alternative form of esca

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeska/ [ˈɟ͡ʝes.ka]

• 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)

1. 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