asca
Spanish, noun/ˈaska/
asca is spelled A-S-C-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ascus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Saco digitiforme donde ocurren la fusión nuclear, meiosis y producción de ascosporas durante la reproducción…”.
What does asca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineascus
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Saco digitiforme donde ocurren la fusión nuclear, meiosis y producción de ascosporas durante la reproducción sexual de los hongos de saco. 2. Célula especializada de los ascomicetes que produce esporas, generalmente ocho, en un proceso llamado formación de células libres, posterior a la cariogamia y la meiosis.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of asca
- ascas plural
- asco alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asca?
- /ˈaska/
- [ˈas.ka]
- [ˈaska]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is asca in Spanish?
asca appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).