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busca

See also: buscá and buscà

Asturian

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Verb

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busca

  1. third-person singular present indicative of buscar
  2. second-person singular imperative of buscar

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *busk (“bush, thicket”).

Noun

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busca f (plural busques)

  1. a thin branch, straw, spill, etc.
    Synonym: bri
  2. a very small portion of something; speck, crumb, smidgen, etc.
    Synonyms: engruna, volva
  3. hand (pointer of a clock)
  4. (programming) pointer
    Synonym: punter
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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busca

  1. inflection of buscar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Dalmatian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin form of Latin bōs, bovem + feminine of -esco. Compare bu (“ox”).

Noun

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busca f

  1. cow
    Synonym: vaca

Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese busca. Deverbal from buscar.

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Noun

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busca f (plural buscas)

  1. search
    Synonym: procura
  2. pursuit, quest
    Synonym: procura
  3. (law, obsolete) prosecution
    • 1354, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). (Edición diplomática). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 237;
      douuos todo o dito dereyto et uoz et auçon, busca et demanda que eu ey contra o dito Affonso Eanes por rason do praso de arrendamento que el a min fezo do dito casal et herdade de Seares
      I give you all said right and voice and action, prosecution and complaint, I have against said Afonso Anes because of the leasehold charter of said farm and property of Seares

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Etymology 2

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busca

  1. inflection of buscar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ska/
  • Rhymes: -uska
  • Hyphenation: bù‧sca

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busca

  1. inflection of buscare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

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busca f (plural buscas)

  1. log
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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from buscar.

Noun

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busca f (plural buscas)

  1. searching
  2. quest
  3. research
  4. rummage

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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busca

  1. inflection of buscar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbuska/ [ˈbus.ka]
  • Audio (Latin America):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uska
  • Syllabification: bus‧ca

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from buscar (“to search”).

Noun

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busca f (plural buscas)

  1. search (an attempt to find something)
    Synonym: búsqueda
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Verb

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busca

  1. inflection of buscar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

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Clipping of buscapersonas.

Noun

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busca m (plural buscas)

  1. pager (a wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages)

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