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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

faísca.

THE SHORT MEANING

A spark.

Light & space

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/faˈis.kɐ/Brazil/faˈiʃ.kɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/fɐˈiʃ.kɐ/Portugal
  1. spark

    feminine
  2. dandruff

    feminine
  3. lightning

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese faisca, feisca (attested in Medieval Latin as falisca), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *falwiskǭ (“spark, ash over burning ambers”), from Proto-Germanic *falwaz (“fallow”) from Proto-Indo-European *polʷos, or from Vulgar Latin *favillesca, from favilla (“embers”). Cognate with Galician faísca and Asturian falisca. Compare also Middle French falivoche, Old High German valwische, Old Italian falavesca, Old Norse fǫlski, Old Spanish fuisca and Swedish falaska.

verb
  1. inflection of faiscar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of faiscar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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