esgrima

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əzˈɡɾi.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ezˈɣɾi.ma]
• Rhymes: -ima
• Hyphenation: es‧gri‧ma

Noun

esgrima f (uncountable)

1. (sports) fencing

Related terms

• esgrimidor
• esgrimir

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Italian scrima.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈɡɾĩ.mɐ/, /ezˈɡɾĩ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈɡɾĩ.mɐ/, /ezˈɡɾĩ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʒˈɡɾĩ.mɐ/, /eʒˈɡɾĩ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ezˈɡɾi.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒˈɡɾi.mɐ/ [(i)ʒˈɣɾi.mɐ]

• Hyphenation: es‧gri‧ma

Noun

esgrima f (uncountable)

1. (sports) fencing

Etymology 2

Verb

esgrima

1. inflection of esgrimir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈɡɾima/ [ezˈɣ̞ɾi.ma]
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: es‧gri‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian scrima.

Noun

esgrima f (plural esgrimas)

1. (martial arts, sports) fencing

Hypernyms

• deporte de combate

Hyponyms

• esgrima germánica (“Fechtschulen, German school of fencing”)

Derived terms

• esgrimidor
• esgrimista
• maestro de esgrima

 

Related terms

• escaramuza
• esgrimir

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

esgrima

1. inflection of esgrimir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “esgrima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014