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escotar

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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
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Etymology 2

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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.

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Verb

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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
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Derived terms
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  • escot (décolletage, cleavage)

Galician

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Etymology 1

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

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Verb

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

  1. to pay one's share of the cost
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Etymology 2

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

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Verb

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

  1. to make low-cut clothing
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Etymology 3

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

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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
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References

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

Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eskuˈta/
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Verb

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escotar

  1. to listen

Inflection

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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