escatima

See also: escatimá

Catalan

Verb

escatima

1. inflection of escatimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown. From Old Galician-Portuguese escatima (13th century). The Germanic etymology proposed by Coromines is unsustainable, according to Ramón Lorenzo.

Alternative forms

• escatema

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eskɑˈtimɐ]

Noun

escatima f (plural escatimas)

1. (dated) trickery; offense

   Synonyms: deosto, engano

   • 1319, Tórculo Edicións, II, edited by M. Romaní Martínez, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago, page 42:

     non he myna voontade de façer escatima nen torto a o moesteiro de sancta Maria d'Osseira

     it is not my will to make trickery nor tort to he monastery of Saint Mary of Oseira

Related terms

• escatimar
• escatimadamente
• escatimoso

References

• “escatima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “escatima” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “escatima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “escatima” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Etymology 2

Verb

escatima

1. inflection of escatimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

escatima

1. inflection of escatimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative