escorregar

From Old Galician-Portuguese escorregar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from Vulgar Latin *excurricare, from excurro, or from es- + córrego (“brook, ravine”).

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: es‧co‧rre‧gar

escorregar (first-person singular present escorrego, first-person singular preterite escorreguei, past participle escorregado)

1. to slide (to move on a low friction surface)

   Synonyms: deslizar, esborrexer

2. to slip (to lose one’s traction on a slippery surface)

   Synonyms: deslizar, eslimar, esvarar

   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 125:

     quando escorrega o pee ao Cauallo na sayda da estada, ou no correr, ou no andar

     when the hoof of the horse slips when exiting the stable, or either when running, or when walking

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Virés acò meu Dieguiño
     cando ò tempo milloràr,
     porqe si escorrega á Besta
     è esbarroufàs, alabay.

     You'll come here my little Diego
     when the weather improves
     because if the mount slips
     and you sprawl, here goes nothing!

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escorregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “scorreg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escorregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escorregar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escorregar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “escorregar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escorregar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escorregar, from Vulgar Latin *excurricāre.

• Hyphenation: es‧cor‧re‧gar

escorregar (first-person singular present escorrego, first-person singular preterite escorreguei, past participle escorregado)

1. to slide (to move on a low friction surface)

   Synonym: deslizar

2. to slip (to lose one’s traction on a slippery surface)

   Synonyms: deslizar, resvalar

3. (figuratively) to blunder