cascar

/kasˈkaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present (yo)
casco
preterite (yo)
casqué
past participle
cascado

Meaning

  1. to crack

    • Cascó las nueces.

      He cracked the nuts.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: punctual. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

agrietar

cascar means to crack something brittle or hard, like an eggshell or nut; agrietar is more general, like cracks forming in a wall.

resquebrajar

resquebrajar is more literary, describing something cracking into multiple fissures; cascar means to crack something brittle, like an eggshell.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

trincar

trincar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to crack."

Practice

1 What does cascar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches cascar?

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