cosca

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sicilian cosca (rib, branch), from Late Latin costula, diminutive of costa (rib). Doublet of costola.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cosca f (plural cosche)

  1. clan (of the Mafia)
  2. coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp

Anagrams

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Old Irish

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Verb

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·cosca

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive prototonic of con·secha

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Alteration of cócegas. Compare Spanish coscas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cosca f (plural coscas)

  1. (informal) tickle
    Synonyms: cócegas, (informal) cosquinha

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • cosca”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 20092024

Spanish

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Verb

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cosca

  1. only used in se cosca, third-person singular present indicative of coscarse
  2. only used in te ... cosca, syntactic variant of cóscate, second-person singular imperative of coscarse