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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escorí, past participle escorat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/
- to tilt, lean
2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:Vaig tenir la impressió que escorava com la torre de Pisa.- I had the impression it leaned like the tower of Pisa.
Conjugation
Galician
Etymology
From escora (“prop, shore”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escorei, past participle escorado)
- (transitive) to prop, shore
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to tilt
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person
(eu)
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Second-person
(ti / tu)
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Third-person
(ele / ela / você)
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First-person
(nós)
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Second-person
(vós)
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Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
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| Infinitive
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| Impersonal
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escorar
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| Personal
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escorar
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escorares
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escorar
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escorarmos
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escorardes
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escorarem
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| Gerund
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escorando
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| Past participle
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| Masculine
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escorado
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escorados
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| Feminine
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escorada
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escoradas
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| Indicative
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| Present
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escoro
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escoras
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escora
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escoramos
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escorades, escorais
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escoram
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| Imperfect
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escorava
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escoravas
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escorava
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escorávamos
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escorávades, escoráveis, escorávais1
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escoravam
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| Preterite
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escorei
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escoraste, escorache1
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escorou
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escoramos
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escorastes
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escorárom, escoraram
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| Pluperfect
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escorara
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escoraras
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escorara
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escoráramos
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escorárades, escoráreis, escorárais1
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escoraram
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| Future
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escorarei
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escorarás
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escorará
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escoraremos
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escoraredes, escorareis
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escorarám, escorarão
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| Conditional
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escoraria
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escorarias
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escoraria
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escoraríamos
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escoraríades, escoraríeis, escoraríais1
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escorariam
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| Subjunctive
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| Present
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escore
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escores
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escore
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escoremos
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escoredes, escoreis
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escorem
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| Imperfect
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escorasse
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escorasses
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escorasse
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escorássemos
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escorássedes, escorásseis
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escorassem
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| Future
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escorar
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escorares
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escorar
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escorarmos
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escorardes
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escorarem
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| Imperative
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| Affirmative
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escora
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escore
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escoremos
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escorade, escorai
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escorem
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| Negative (nom)
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nom escores
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nom escore
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nom escoremos
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nom escoredes, nom escoreis
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nom escorem
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References
Portuguese
Etymology
From escora (“nautical list”) + -ar, from Old French score, from Dutch schoor.
Pronunciation
Verb
escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escorei, past participle escorado)
- to prop (support or shore up something)
- (figuratively) to comfort, to soothe
- Synonym: amparar
- (Brazil, colloquial) to withstand, to endure
- Synonyms: aguentar, suportar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From escora + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskoˈɾaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: es‧co‧rar
Verb
escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escoré, past participle escorado)
- (nautical) to list (as a boat or ship)
- (reflexive) (nautical) to rock, tilt
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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