esguazar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sguazzare.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /esɡwaˈθaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esɡwaˈsaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧gua‧zar

Verb

esguazar (first-person singular present esguazo, first-person singular preterite esguacé, past participle esguazado)

  1. to ford (a river)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1984) “esguazar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 724

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