escrivão

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escrivan, from Vulgar Latin *scrībānem, from alteration of declension from Latin scrība (“writer, scribe”). Doublet of escriba, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/ , /es.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/ , /eʃ.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾiˈbɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: es‧cri‧vão

Noun

escrivão m (plural escrivães, feminine escrivã, feminine plural escrivãs)

registrar
clerk (legal)

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