pascua

Meaning

1. (feminine) Easter
2. (Judaism,feminine) Passover
3. (feminine) the period between the birth of Christ and the adoration of the Magi

Concepts

Easter

Pasch

Passover

easter

Pascha

Eastertide

Hyphenated as

pas‧cua

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpaskwa/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing; feed for animals”), the confusion aided by the end of Lent fasting at Easter), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh).