escaldar

Inherited from Late Latin excaldāre, from Latin cal(i)dus (“hot”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəlˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kalˈdaɾ]

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escaldar (first-person singular present escaldo, first-person singular preterite escaldí, past participle escaldat)

1. (transitive) to scald, to blanch
2. (transitive) to chafe
3. (transitive, figurative) to give an unpleasant surprise
4. (pronominal) to suffer windburn

• cald

• “escaldar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Late Latin excaldāre, from Latin cal(i)dus (“hot”).

• IPA^(key): /eskalˈðaɾ/

escaldar (first-person singular present escaldo, first-person singular preterite escaldei, past participle escaldado)

1. (transitive) to scald (to burn with hot water)
2. to add hot water to a dough

• escaldadura
• escaldazo
• rescaldar
• rescaldo

• caldo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escaldar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escaldar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escaldar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escaldar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escaldar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Late Latin excaldāre, from Latin cal(i)dus (“hot”).

• Hyphenation: es‧cal‧dar

escaldar (first-person singular present escaldo, first-person singular preterite escaldei, past participle escaldado)

1. to scald

• escaldão
• escaldadiço

• “escaldar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “escaldar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “escaldar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Inherited from Late Latin excaldāre, from Latin cal(i)dus (“hot”).

• IPA^(key): /eskalˈdaɾ/ [es.kal̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧cal‧dar

escaldar (first-person singular present escaldo, first-person singular preterite escaldé, past participle escaldado)

1. (transitive) to scald
2. (reflexive) to get sore, to chafe, to excoriate

   Synonyms: escocer, cocer

• “escaldar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024