esca

Meaning

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of uscire:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of uscire:

Noun

1. (feminine, obsolete) (animal) food
2. (also, feminine, figuratively, obsolete, uncommon) food
3. (feminine) bait, lure (anything used to catch animals)
4. (feminine, figuratively) bait, lure (anything that allures or attracts)
5. (feminine, figuratively) decoy
6. (feminine) tinder

Concepts

bait

lure

decoy

enticement

tinder

kindling

sweetener

tackle

temptation

touchwood

trap

🪤

honeypot

catchword

come-on

hook

🪝

punk

spunk

Synonyms

richiamo

tentazione

amo

🪝

adescamento

allettamento

lusinga

pania

zimbello

accelerante

lenocinio

attrazione

attrattiva

insidia

Translations

Köder

cebo

appât

isca

leurre

esquer

δόλωμα

carnada

lokaas

aas

esca

🍽️

Lockvogel

amadou

Lockmittel

Hyphenated as

é‧sca

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈes.ka/

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.