ascua

• IPA^(key): /ˈaskwa/ [ˈas̺.kwɐ]
• Rhymes: -askwa
• Hyphenation: as‧cua

Debated. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (“ash, ashes”).^[1]

ascua f (plural ascuas)

1. ember

   Synonyms: brasa, remol, rescaldo

Debated. From azcona, probably from Basque.^[2]

ascua f (plural ascuas)

1. (archaic) spear

   Synonym: lanza

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ascua”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ascua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ascua”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ascua”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Unknown.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaskwa/ [ˈas.kwa]
• Rhymes: -askwa
• Syllabification: as‧cua

ascua f (plural ascuas)

1. ember

   Synonyms: brasa, rescoldo

• “ascua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025