escandir

Borrowed from Latin scandere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

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

escandir (first-person singular present escandeixo, first-person singular preterite escandí, past participle escandit)

1. to scan (as with poetry)

• “escandir”, 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

Latin scandō, probably via a form *scandēscō (compare Italian scandire, present scandisco).

escandir

1. to go up

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• English: scan (borrowed into Middle English)

• Hyphenation: es‧can‧dir

escandir (first-person singular present escando, first-person singular preterite escandi, past participle escandido)

1. (poetry) to scan (form a poetic metre)

Borrowed from Late Latin scandō (“to scan (verses)”), from Latin scandō (“to climb”).

• IPA^(key): /eskanˈdiɾ/ [es.kãn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: es‧can‧dir

escandir (first-person singular present escando, first-person singular preterite escandí, past participle escandido)

1. to scan (as with poetry)

• “escandir”, 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