escarpa

See also: escarpá

Catalan

Etymology

From Italian scarpa.

Pronunciation

Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpes)

  1. scarp, escarpment

Further reading


Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkaɾpa̝/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skarpô (sharp).[1]

Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

  1. splinter, thorn.
  2. tree bark, most notably when old and thick.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.[2]

Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

  1. escarpment.
Derived terms

References

  1. Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. escarpa².
  2. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “escarpa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.[1]

Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

  1. escarpment

Derived terms

References

  1. escarpa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian scarpa.

Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

  1. escarpment
  2. (Mexico) sidewalk

Verb

escarpa

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

Further reading

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