scortare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skorˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scor‧tà‧re

Etymology 1

From scorta +‎ -are.

Verb

scortàre (first-person singular present scòrto, first-person singular past historic scortài, past participle scortàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to escort
  2. (nautical) to convoy
Conjugation
Related terms
Descendants
  • Portuguese: escoltar
  • Spanish: escoltar

Etymology 2

From Late Latin excurtāre, from Latin curtāre.

Verb

scortàre (first-person singular present scórto, first-person singular past historic scortài, past participle scortàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (dialectal) to shorten
    Synonyms: accorciare, scorciare
Conjugation

Further reading

  • scortare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • scortare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Verb

scortāre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of scortor