escriba
Asturian
Verb
escriba
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of escribir
Galician
Verb
escriba
- inflection of escribir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scriba. Doublet of escrivão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈkɾi.bɐ/, /esˈkɾi.bɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈkɾi.bɐ/, /eʃˈkɾi.bɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈkɾi.ba/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈkɾi.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈkɾi.βɐ]
- Rhymes: -ibɐ
- Hyphenation: es‧cri‧ba
Noun
escriba m or f by sense (plural escribas)
- scribe (someone employed to write and take notes)
- 2024 August 8, Sandro Macedo, “Síndrome olímpica de Mutley”, in Folha de S.Paulo[1], São Paulo: Folha da Manhã, →ISSN:
- Nos anos 1980 era diferente, este escriba lembra como era difícil ganhar uma única medalhinha de ouro, quem ganhava era celebrado como campeão de Copa do Mundo, aquela de futebol.
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Related terms
Further reading
- “escriba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “escriba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkɾiba/ [esˈkɾi.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -iba
- Syllabification: es‧cri‧ba
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin scriba. Doublet of escribano.
Noun
escriba m (plural escribas)
- scribe
- Synonym: escribiente
Etymology 2
Verb
escriba
- inflection of escribir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “escriba”, 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