lascar

English
Three lascars.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hindustani لشکر / लश्कर (laśkar), from Persian لشکر (laškar). Doublet of askari.

Noun

lascar (plural lascars)

  1. (now chiefly historical) A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
    • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, “chapter 47”, in The Moon and Sixpence:
      A motley crowd saunters along the streets — Lascars off a P. and O., blond Northmen from a Swedish barque, Japanese from a man-of-war, English sailors, Spaniards, pleasant-looking fellows from a French cruiser, negroes off an American tramp.
    • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
      ...and what foreigner is it, exactly, that Pirate has in mind if it isn't that stateless lascar across his own mirror-glass, that poorest of exiles...
    • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 35:
      As for the voyage itself, his account of Mauritius, where the ship stopped, saw the appearance of Muslim lascars.
  2. (Anglo-Indian) A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.
  3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Hindustani لشکر / लश्कर (laśkar), itself from Persian لشکر.

Originally a nickname given in the early 19th century to Indian seamen on French ships travelling in the East Indies. With time, the term became somewhat pejorative.

Noun

lascar m (plural lascars)

  1. lascar
  2. (somewhat derogatory) dude, guy

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Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /lasˈka(ʁ)/ [lasˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /lasˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /laʃˈka(ʁ)/ [laʃˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /lasˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐʃˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐʃˈka.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: las‧car

Verb

lascar (first-person singular present lasco, first-person singular preterite lasquei, past participle lascado)

  1. to chip

Conjugation
    Conjugation of lascar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal lascar
Personal lascar lascares lascar lascarmos lascardes lascarem
Gerund
lascando
Past participle
Masculine lascado lascados
Feminine lascada lascadas
Indicative
Present lasco lascas lasca lascamos lascais lascam
Imperfect lascava lascavas lascava lascávamos lascáveis lascavam
Preterite lasquei lascaste lascou lascamos1, lascámos2 lascastes lascaram
Pluperfect lascara lascaras lascara lascáramos lascáreis lascaram
Future lascarei lascarás lascará lascaremos lascareis lascarão
Conditional lascaria lascarias lascaria lascaríamos lascaríeis lascariam
Subjunctive
Present lasque lasques lasque lasquemos lasqueis lasquem
Imperfect lascasse lascasses lascasse lascássemos lascásseis lascassem
Future lascar lascares lascar lascarmos lascardes lascarem
Imperative
Affirmative lasca lasque lasquemos lascai lasquem
Negative (não) não lasques não lasque não lasquemos não lasqueis não lasquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lasˈkaɾ/ [lasˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: las‧car

Verb

lascar (first-person singular present lasco, first-person singular preterite lasqué, past participle lascado)

  1. (nautical, transitive) to slacken; slip

Conjugation
    Conjugation of lascar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive lascar
gerund lascando
past participle masculine feminine
singular lascado lascada
plural lascados lascadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present lasco lascastú
lascásvos		 lasca lascamos lascáis lascan
imperfect lascaba lascabas lascaba lascábamos lascabais lascaban
preterite lasqué lascaste lascó lascamos lascasteis lascaron
future lascaré lascarás lascará lascaremos lascaréis lascarán
conditional lascaría lascarías lascaría lascaríamos lascaríais lascarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present lasque lasquestú
lasquésvos2		 lasque lasquemos lasquéis lasquen
imperfect
(ra)		 lascara lascaras lascara lascáramos lascarais lascaran
imperfect
(se)		 lascase lascases lascase lascásemos lascaseis lascasen
future1 lascare lascares lascare lascáremos lascareis lascaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative lascatú
lascávos		 lasque lasquemos lascad lasquen
negative no lasques no lasque no lasquemos no lasquéis no lasquen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of lascar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive lascar
dative lascarme lascarte lascarle, lascarse lascarnos lascaros lascarles, lascarse
accusative lascarme lascarte lascarlo, lascarla, lascarse lascarnos lascaros lascarlos, lascarlas, lascarse
with gerund lascando
dative lascándome lascándote lascándole, lascándose lascándonos lascándoos lascándoles, lascándose
accusative lascándome lascándote lascándolo, lascándola, lascándose lascándonos lascándoos lascándolos, lascándolas, lascándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lasca
dative láscame láscate láscale láscanos not used láscales
accusative láscame láscate láscalo, láscala láscanos not used láscalos, láscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lascá
dative lascame lascate lascale lascanos not used lascales
accusative lascame lascate lascalo, lascala lascanos not used lascalos, lascalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lasque
dative lásqueme not used lásquele, lásquese lásquenos not used lásqueles
accusative lásqueme not used lásquelo, lásquela, lásquese lásquenos not used lásquelos, lásquelas
with first-person plural imperative lasquemos
dative not used lasquémoste lasquémosle lasquémonos lasquémoos lasquémosles
accusative not used lasquémoste lasquémoslo, lasquémosla lasquémonos lasquémoos lasquémoslos, lasquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lascad
dative lascadme not used lascadle lascadnos lascaos lascadles
accusative lascadme not used lascadlo, lascadla lascadnos lascaos lascadlos, lascadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lasquen
dative lásquenme not used lásquenle lásquennos not used lásquenles, lásquense
accusative lásquenme not used lásquenlo, lásquenla lásquennos not used lásquenlos, lásquenlas, lásquense

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