yesca

Asturian

Noun

yesca f (plural yesques)

Alternative form of esca

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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)

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

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