escotar

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əs.kuˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.koˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.koˈtaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Etymology 1

From escot (an individual's share of the cost) +‎ -ar.

Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escotí, past participle escotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. to pay one's share of the cost
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Uncertain, but possibly from cota (coat of arms), from the resemblance of the shape of early décolletage to the shape of the bottom of a coat of arms.

Pronunciation

Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escotí, past participle escotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. to make clothing with décolletage that shows cleavage
  2. to wear clothing with décolletage that shows cleavage
  3. to remove the top portion of one's clothing
    Synonym: espitregar-se
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • escot (décolletage, cleavage)

Galician

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Catalan escotar, or directly from Old French escot (payment); from Proto-Germanic *skutą (that which is thrown, shot, projectile, bullet, missile).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskɔˈtaɾ/

Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escotei, past participle escotado)

  1. to pay one's share of the cost
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese escotar, already documented in the 13th century.[1] Perhaps from cota (chainmail), from Proto-Germanic *kuttǭ (cowl, woolen cloth, coat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskɔˈtaɾ/

Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escotei, past participle escotado)

  1. to make low-cut clothing
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Either from coto (stump), or from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną (shoot).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskoˈtaɾ/

Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escotei, past participle escotado)

  1. to trim; to prune; to cut out the tip of a plant
    Synonym: espodar
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “escotar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “acotar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • escoutar (Mistralian spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskuˈta/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

escotar

  1. to listen

Inflection

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskoˈtaɾ/ [es.koˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧co‧tar

Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escoté, past participle escotado)

  1. (transitive) to make low-cut clothing
  2. (intransitive) to pay one's share of the cost

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading