escorar

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.kuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.koˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.koˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escorí, past participle escorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. to tilt, lean
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Vaig tenir la impressió que escorava com la torre de Pisa.

     I had the impression it leaned like the tower of Pisa.

From escora (“prop, shore”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /eskɔˈɾaɾ/

escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escorei, past participle escorado)

1. (transitive) to prop, shore
2. (pronominal) to tilt

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escorar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escorar”, 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), “escorar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escorar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escorar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From escora (“nautical list”) +‎ -ar, from Old French score, from Dutch schoor.

escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escorei, past participle escorado)

1. to prop (support or shore up something)
2. (figuratively) to comfort, to soothe

   Synonym: amparar

3. (Brazil, colloquial) to withstand, to endure

   Synonyms: aguentar, suportar

• escora

From escora +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /eskoˈɾaɾ/ [es.koˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧co‧rar

escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escoré, past participle escorado)

1. (nautical) to list (as a boat or ship)
2. (reflexive) (nautical) to rock, tilt

• “escorar”, 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