escandir

Borrowed from Latin scandere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

escandir (first-person singular present escandeixo, first-person singular preterite escandí, past participle escandit)

1. to scan (as with poetry)

• “escandir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin scandō, probably via a form *scandēscō (compare Italian scandire, present scandisco).

escandir

1. to go up

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• English: scan (borrowed into Middle English)

• Hyphenation: es‧can‧dir

escandir (first-person singular present escando, first-person singular preterite escandi, past participle escandido)

1. (poetry) to scan (form a poetic metre)

Borrowed from Late Latin scandō (“to scan (verses)”), from Latin scandō (“to climb”).

• IPA^(key): /eskanˈdiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: es‧can‧dir

escandir (first-person singular present escando, first-person singular preterite escandí, past participle escandido)

1. to scan (as with poetry)

• “escandir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16