escolástico

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scholasticus, from Ancient Greek σχολᾰστῐκός (skholăstĭkós).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.koˈlas.t͡ʃi.ku/, /es.koˈlas.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.koˈlaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/, /eʃ.koˈlaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.koˈlas.t͡ʃi.ko/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kuˈlaʃ.ti.ku/

Rhymes: -ast͡ʃiku, -aʃtiku
Hyphenation: es‧co‧lás‧ti‧co

Adjective

escolástico (feminine escolástica, masculine plural escolásticos, feminine plural escolásticas)

(philosophy) scholastic (relating to scholasticism, medieval philosophical system)
(derogatory) orthodox, traditionalist (that sticks to formulas)
(obsolete) school (relating to or characteristic of school)
(figuratively) modest, poor, scruffy, unpretentious

Noun

escolástico m (plural escolásticos, feminine escolástica, feminine plural escolásticas)

(philosophy) scholastic (supporter of scholasticism)
(religion) scholastic (individual who completes the scholasticate, stage of religious formation)
(obsolete) student

Further reading

“escolástico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“escolástico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scholasticus, from Ancient Greek σχολαστικός (skholastikós, “scholarly, studious”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eskoˈlastiko/ [es.koˈlas.t̪i.ko]
Rhymes: -astiko
Syllabification: es‧co‧lás‧ti‧co

Adjective

escolástico (feminine escolástica, masculine plural escolásticos, feminine plural escolásticas)

(philosophy) scholastic (of or relating to scholasticism)

Related terms

Noun

escolástico m (plural escolásticos)

scholastic (a member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism)

Further reading

“escolástico”, 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