caspa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkas.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkas.pa]

Noun

caspa f (plural caspes)

1. dandruff

   Synonym: (Mallorca) arna f

Cebuano

Pronoun

caspa

1. Obsolete spelling of kaspa.

Chavacano

Alternative forms

• kaspa

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish caspa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaspa/, [ˈkas.pa]

Noun

caspa

1. dandruff

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.spa/
• Rhymes: -aspa
• Hyphenation: cà‧spa

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Noun

caspa f (plural caspe)

1. stump (of a tree)

   Synonym: ceppaia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

caspa

1. feminine singular of caspo

Further reading

• caspa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• capsa, pasca

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.pɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.pɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.pɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.pɐ/

Noun

caspa f (plural caspas)

1. dandruff

   Synonym: carepa

Further reading

• “caspa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaspa/ [ˈkas.pa]
• Rhymes: -aspa
• Syllabification: cas‧pa

Noun

caspa f (plural caspas)

1. dandruff

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kaspa, caspa — obsolete
• Chavacano: caspa, kaspa

Further reading

• “caspa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014