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Portuguese
Etymology
From esquina + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
esquinar (first-person singular present esquino, first-person singular preterite esquinei, past participle esquinado)
- (transitive) to corner; skew
- (transitive) to cut at an angle; facet
- (intransitive) to turn a corner
- (intransitive, informal) to flee; sneak away
- (pronominal) to get a little drunk
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “esquinar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “esquinar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “esquinar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “esquinar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “esquinar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “esquinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From esquina + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskiˈnaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: es‧qui‧nar
Verb
esquinar (first-person singular present esquino, first-person singular preterite esquiné, past participle esquinado)
- to be on the corner (of)
- to corner, put (something) into a corner
- to square off, square
- to tick off (annoy)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading