risca

Galician

Verb

risca

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁis.kɐ/ [ˈhis.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁis.kɐ/ [ˈhis.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁiʃ.kɐ/ [ˈχiʃ.kɐ]
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈʁis.ka/ [ˈhis.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁiʃ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: ris‧ca

Etymology 1

Noun

risca f (plural riscas)

1. stripe (long, straight region of a colour); parting (of the hair)

Etymology 2

Verb

risca

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

Further reading

• “risca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “risca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French risquer. First attested in the mid 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /risˈka/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ris‧ca

Verb

a risca (third-person singular present riscă, past participle riscat, third-person subjunctive riște) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive or catenative) to risk (incur a risk)

   Făptașii riscă repercusiuni.

   The perpetrators risk repercussions.

   Somonii riscă să fie prinși în orice moment.

   The salmon risk being caught at any moment.

2. (transitive) to risk, jeopardise something of one’s own

   Synonyms: (formal) expune, (now literary) primejdui

   a își risca viața ― to risk one’s own life

   Directorul și-a riscat onoarea pentru a-și favoriza prietenul.

   The director risked his honour in order to favour his friend.

3. (reflexive or intransitive) to risk oneself, take a risk

Conjugation

    conjugation of risca (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a risca
gerund			riscând
past participle			riscat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	risc	riști	riscă	riscăm	riscați	riscă
	imperfect	riscam	riscai	risca	riscam	riscați	riscau
	simple perfect	riscai	riscași	riscă	riscarăm	riscarăți	riscară
	pluperfect	riscasem	riscaseși	riscase	riscaserăm	riscaserăți	riscaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să risc	să riști	să riște	să riscăm	să riscați	să riște
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		riscă			riscați
	negative		nu risca			nu riscați

Related terms

• risc
• riscant

Further reading

• “risca”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1975), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 9, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 437