busca

busca

1. third-person singular present indicative of buscar
2. second-person singular imperative of buscar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbus.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbus.ka]

Perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *busk (“bush, thicket”).

busca f (plural busques)

1. a thin branch, straw, spill, etc.

   Synonym: bri

2. a very small portion of something; speck, crumb, smidgen, etc.

   Synonyms: engruna, volva

3. hand (pointer of a clock)

   Synonyms: agulla, maneta

4. (programming) pointer

   Synonym: punter

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

busca

1. inflection of buscar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “busca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• bousca

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin form of Latin bōs, bovem + feminine of -esco. Compare bu (“ox”).

busca f

1. cow

   Synonym: vaca

From Old Galician-Portuguese busca. Deverbal from buscar.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuskɐ]

busca f (plural buscas)

1. search

   Synonym: procura

2. pursuit, quest

   Synonym: procura

3. (law, obsolete) prosecution
   • 1354, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). (Edición diplomática). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 237;

     douuos todo o dito dereyto et uoz et auçon, busca et demanda que eu ey contra o dito Affonso Eanes por rason do praso de arrendamento que el a min fezo do dito casal et herdade de Seares

     I give you all said right and voice and action, prosecution and complaint, I have against said Afonso Anes because of the leasehold charter of said farm and property of Seares

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “busca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “busca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “busca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “busca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “busca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

busca

1. inflection of buscar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈbus.ka/
• Rhymes: -uska
• Hyphenation: bù‧sca

busca

1. inflection of buscare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• sbuca

From Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

busca f (plural buscas)

1. log

Deverbal from buscar.

busca f (plural buscas)

1. searching
2. quest
3. research
4. rummage

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

busca

1. inflection of buscar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “busca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “busca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “busca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “busca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “busca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “busca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuska/ [ˈbus.ka]

• Audio (Latin America):

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• Rhymes: -uska
• Syllabification: bus‧ca

Deverbal from buscar (“to search”).

busca f (plural buscas)

1. search (an attempt to find something)

   Synonym: búsqueda

busca

1. inflection of buscar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Clipping of buscapersonas.

busca m (plural buscas)

1. pager (a wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages)

• “busca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024