rasca

f.

1 freezing cold (informal) (frío). (peninsular Spanish)

hace rasca it's bloody freezing

2 drinking spree, drinking bout.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: rascar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: rascar.

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rasca

► nombre femenino

1 familiar (hambre) hunger

2 familiar (frío) cold

■ hace una rasca que pela it's absolutely freezing

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I

** SF

1) Esp (=frío) cold

¿cómo se te ocurre salir con esta rasca? — what do you think you're doing going out in this cold?

¡menuda rasca hace! — it's freezing!

2) And, CAm, Caribe (=borrachera) drunkenness

II

* ADJ Cono Sur (=vulgar) tacky *; (=de mala calidad) inferior

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I

adjetivo (CS fam)

a) <persona> vulgar, common (pej); <lugar> tacky (colloq)

b) (de mala calidad) trashy (colloq)

II

femenino (Andes fam) (borrachera)

pegarse una rasca — to get plastered (colloq)

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I

adjetivo (CS fam)

a) <persona> vulgar, common (pej); <lugar> tacky (colloq)

b) (de mala calidad) trashy (colloq)

II

femenino (Andes fam) (borrachera)

pegarse una rasca — to get plastered (colloq)

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rasca¹

adjective

1 (CS fam) (ordinario) vulgar, common (pej), tacky (colloq)

2 (CS fam) (de mala calidad) trashy (colloq), shoddy (colloq)

3 (RPl fam) (gastado) ‹ropa/pantalón› old and worn-out

4 (Chi fam) (de poca importancia) minor, small

rasca²

feminine

A

(Andes fam) (borrachera): pegarse una rasca to get plastered (colloq)

B

(Esp fam) (frío): ¡está haciendo una rasca! it's freezing! (colloq)

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Del verbo rascar: (conjugate rascar)

rasca es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
rasca    
rascar
rasca adjetivo (CS fam)

a) ‹persona› vulgar, common (pej);

‹lugar/canción› tacky (colloq)

b) (de mala calidad) trashy (colloq)

rascar (conjugate rascar) verbo transitivo

a) (con las uñas) to scratch

b) (con cuchillo) ‹superficie› to scrape;

‹pintura› to scrape off
rascarse verbo pronominal (refl) to scratch (oneself)
rascar
I vtr (la piel, etc) to scratch
(la pintura, suciedad) to scrape (off)
II verbo intransitivo to be scratchy
fam (picar) to itch: este jersey rasca, this sweater is very itchy
'rasca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rascar
English:
scratch card
- tacky

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rasca

♦ adj

RP Fam

1. [ordinario] tacky

2. [de mala calidad] shoddy

♦ nf

1. Esp Fam [frío]

hace mucha rasca it's absolutely freezing

2. Andes, Ven Fam [borrachera]

tener/pegarse una rasca to be/get plastered o smashed

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rasca

f L.Am.

pegarse una rasca fam get plastered fam