casca
Portuguese, noun/ˈkas.kɐ/
casca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “skin; peel; rind (of fruits or vegetables)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cascar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “revestimento exterior de frutos, caules, tubérculos, bolbos, sementes, etc”.
What does casca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineskin; peel; rind (of fruits or vegetables)
- 2
femininebark (of trees)
- 3
feminineshell (of eggs or nuts)
- 4
femininehusk
- 5
femininescab
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. revestimento exterior de frutos, caules, tubérculos, bolbos, sementes, etc
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo cascar
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of casca
- cascas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce casca?
- Brazil /ˈkas.kɐ/
- /ˈkaʃ.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkaʃ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to casca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is casca in Portuguese?
casca appears 6.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).