What does lascar in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word lascar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use lascar in Portuguese.

The word lascar in Portuguese means splinter, crack, chip; screw up, screw over [colloquial], lascar, lascar, lascar, estilhaçar, lascar, picar, lascar, descascar, vá se lascar!, levar o troféu. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word lascar

splinter, crack, chip; screw up, screw over [colloquial]

lascar

phrasal verb, intransitive (paint: peel away)

Although they had just painted the wall, the cheap paint had already started to chip off.

lascar

intransitive verb (building: break into bits) (construção)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)

lascar, estilhaçar

transitive verb (break into splinters) (partir em lascas)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
Emily bateu a perna da cadeira com força e a estilhaçou.
Emily hit the chair leg hard and splintered it.

lascar

transitive verb (building: break [sth] into bits) (construção)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)

picar

transitive verb (ice, wood, etc.: break)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
Pique o gelo antes de colocá-lo nos copos.
Chip the ice before you put it in the glasses.

lascar

transitive verb (tooth, cup: break)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
Bob lascou um dente no acidente de carro.
Bob chipped a tooth in the car accident.

descascar

intransitive verb (come off in flakes)

The paint on the old car had started to flake.

vá se lascar!

interjection (vulgar, offensive, slang (expressing anger or contempt)

(interjeição: Usada para exprimir emoção, ordem, etc. Ex. "psiu!" "Coragem!" "Meu Deus!")

levar o troféu

verbal expression (figurative, informal (be uncalled for, excessive) (figurado, informal: excessivo, absurdo)

(expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".)
Jack's idea to build his own observatory really takes the cake!

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