escoltar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre. Doublet of auscultar, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əs.kulˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.kolˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [es.kolˈtaɾ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escoltí, past participle escoltat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to listen to, to pay attention to
  2. (transitive, figurative) to heed, to mind, to obey
    No m'escoltis pas! ― Don't mind me!

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scortare.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.kowˈta(ʁ)/ [is.koʊ̯ˈta(h)], /es.kowˈta(ʁ)/ [es.koʊ̯ˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.kowˈta(ɾ)/ [is.koʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)], /es.kowˈta(ɾ)/ [es.koʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.kowˈta(ʁ)/ [iʃ.koʊ̯ˈta(χ)], /eʃ.kowˈta(ʁ)/ [eʃ.koʊ̯ˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.kowˈta(ɻ)/ [es.koʊ̯ˈta(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kolˈtaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.koɫˈtaɾ], /(i)ʃ.kɔlˈtaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.kɔɫˈtaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kolˈta.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.koɫˈta.ɾi], /(i)ʃ.kɔlˈta.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.kɔɫˈta.ɾi]

Verb

escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escoltei, past participle escoltado)

  1. to escort (to guard someone or something as they go somewhere)

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Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scortare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskolˈtaɾ/ [es.kol̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧col‧tar

Verb

escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escolté, past participle escoltado)

  1. (transitive) to escort
    • 2023 June 8, Montero Glez, “El viaje psicodélico como experimento científico tuvo su desarrollo en Harvard”, in El País‎, photo caption:
      Timothy Leary es escoltado por agentes federales desde un avión de pasajeros en 1972. Leary fue detenido en Afganistán y se enfrentó a cargos de contrabando de drogas, conspiración y evasión de impuestos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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