escrever

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• escrivir

Etymology

From Latin scrībere, present active infinitive of scrībō (“I write”), from Proto-Italic *skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ- (“to write”).

Cognate with Old French escrivre and Old Spanish escrivir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es̺.kɾe.ˈβeɾ/

Verb

escrever

1. to write
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 251 (facsimile):

     & tan toſte o mandou Eſcreuer

     and had it quickly written down

Descendants

• Fala: escribil
• Galician: escribir
• Portuguese: escrever
  • Annobonese: skeve
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: skirbi
  • Kabuverdianu: skrebi
  • Papiamentu: skirbi

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escrever, escrivir, from Latin scrībere, present active infinitive of scrībō (“I write”), from Proto-Italic *skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ- (“to write”).

Cognate with Galician and Spanish escribir, Catalan and Occitan escriure, French écrire, Italian scrivere, Romanian scrie and English shrive.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [is.kɾeˈve(h)], /es.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [es.kɾeˈve(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [is.kɾeˈve(h)], /es.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [es.kɾeˈve(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.kɾeˈve(ɾ)/, /es.kɾeˈve(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [iʃ.kɾeˈve(χ)], /eʃ.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [eʃ.kɾeˈve(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kɾeˈve(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɨˈveɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɨˈveɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɨˈbeɾ/ [(i)ʃ.kɾɨˈβeɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɨˈve.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: es‧cre‧ver

Verb

1. to write (to form letters, etc.)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:escrever.

Derived terms

• escrever à máquina

Descendants

• Annobonese: skeve
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: skirbi
• Kabuverdianu: skrebi
• Papiamentu: skirbi