escora

See also: escorá

Catalan

Verb

escora

1. inflection of escorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

A Galician dorna, shored by a pair of escoras

Etymology 1

From Old French escore (“prop”), from Middle Dutch schore. Compare English shore (“prop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkɔɾa̝/

Noun

escora f (plural escoras)

1. shore, prop, strut (one of several wooden pieces used to shore a ship while on earth)

Derived terms

• escorar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escora”, 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), “escora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

escora

1. inflection of escorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkɔ.ɾɐ/, /esˈkɔ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkɔ.ɾɐ/, /esˈkɔ.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkɔ.ɾɐ/, /eʃˈkɔ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈkɔ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkɔ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: es‧co‧ra

Etymology 1

Noun

escora f (plural escoras)

1. iron beam that supports something
2. handspike

   Synonym: espeque

3. safeguard

   Synonyms: espeque, arrimo, amparo

Etymology 2

Verb

escora

1. inflection of escorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkoɾa/ [esˈko.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: es‧co‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old French score, from Dutch schoor.

Noun

escora f (plural escoras)

1. (nautical) list, heeling, careen, careening

Etymology 2

Verb

escora

1. inflection of escorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “escora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10