lascar

English

Alternative forms

Lascar, lashkar, laskar

Etymology

Hindi लश्कर (laśkar), from Persian ‎ (lashkar).

Noun

lascar (plural lascars)

A sailor, army servant or artilleryman from India or Southeast Asia.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 47
  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...

Anagrams

Claars, Rascal, craals, rascal, sacral, sarlac, scalar

Portuguese

Verb

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

to chip

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb lascar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. The last letter c is changed to qu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ca-, -que- and -co-. Verbs with this conjugation include: brincar, buscar, pecar, trancar.
	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	lascamos lascámos	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)	-	lasques	lasque	lasquemos	lasqueis	lasquem

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lasˈkaɾ/

Verb

lascar

(nautical, transitive) to slacken; slip

Conjugation

c becomes qu before e.

Conjugation of lascar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			lascar
gerund			lascando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lascado		lascada
		plural		lascados		lascadas
		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	lascas^tú lascás^{^vos}	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	lasques^{^tú} lasqués^{^vos²}	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		lasca^{^tú} lascá^{^vos}	lasque	lasquemos	lascad	lasquen
	negative		no lasques	no lasque	no lasquemos	no lasquéis	no lasquen

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

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Selected combined forms of lascar^{edit data}

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 imperative lasca
	dative	láscame	láscate	láscale	láscanos	not used	láscales
	accusative	láscame	láscate	láscalo, láscala	láscanos	not used	láscalos, láscalas

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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