lasca
Portuguese, noun/ˈlas.kɐ/
lasca is spelled L-A-S-C-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lasca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “chip; splinter (small piece removed from the surface of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of lascar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedaço, fragmento”.
What does lasca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechip; splinter (small piece removed from the surface of something)
O chão da carpintaria estava cheio de lascas de madeira.
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. pedaço, fragmento 2. pedra pontiaguda 3. proveito 4. segmento do corpo feminino que engloba a externalidade da genitalia, os lábios, pequenos lábios, clitóris, orifício vaginal e uretral
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 lasca
- lascas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lasca?
- Brazil /ˈlas.kɐ/
- /ˈlaʃ.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 lasca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lasca in Portuguese?
lasca appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).