Polyglot Dictionary

busca

/ˈbuska/

la noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
buscas

Meaning

  1. search

    • Salió en busca de trabajo.

      He went out looking for work.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

búsqueda

búsqueda is the more common, standard word; busca is slightly more informal, also used in "en busca de," in search of — both mean "search."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

busca

busca is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "search."

Practice

1 What does busca mean?

2 Fill the gap: Salió en ___ de trabajo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches busca?

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