tarasca

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

From Occitan tarasca.

tarasca f (plural tarasques)

1. tarasque
2. A cardboard figure of a fantastic beast that is paraded through the streets at certain popular festivals.

   Synonym: patum

From Spanish tarasca.

tarasca m or f (masculine and feminine plural tarasques)

1. Tarascan

   Synonym: purépetxa

tarasca m or f by sense (plural tarasques)

1. Tarascan

   Synonym: purépetxa

tarasca f (plural tarasques)

1. Tarascan (language)

   Synonyms: purépetxa, michoacà

• “tarasca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

• IPA^(key): /taˈɾaska/ [t̪aˈɾas.ka]
• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: ta‧ras‧ca

tarasca f (plural tarascas)

1. tarasque

tarasca f (plural tarascas)

1. female equivalent of tarasco

tarasca

1. feminine singular of tarasco

• “tarasca”, 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