escorregar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese escorregar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from Vulgar Latin *excurricare, from excurro, or from es- + córrego (“brook, ravine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskoreˈɣaɾ/

Verb

1. to slide (to move on a low friction surface)

   Synonyms: deslizar, esborrexer

2. to slip (to lose one’s traction on a slippery surface)
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria, page 125:

     quando escorrega o pee ao Cauallo na sayda da estada, ou no correr, ou no andar

     when the hoof of the horse slips when exiting the stable, or either when running, or when walking

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Virés acò meu Dieguiño

     cando ò tempo milloràr,

     porqe si escorrega á Besta

     è esbarroufàs, alabay.

     You'll come here my little Diego

     when the weather improves

     because if the mount slips

     and you sprawl, here goes nothing!

   Synonyms: deslizar, eslimar, esvarar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escorregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “scorreg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escorregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escorregar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escorregar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escorregar, from Latin excurricare.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.ku.ʁɨˈɡaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.ku.ʁɨˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.ku.ʁɨˈɡaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.ku.ʁɨˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.ku.ʁɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.ku.ʁɨˈɣa.ɾi]

• IPA^(key): /es.ˌko.he.ˈɡa(ɻ)/
• Hyphenation: es‧cor‧re‧gar

Verb

1. to slide (to move on a low friction surface)

   Synonym: deslizar

2. to slip (to lose one’s traction on a slippery surface)

   Synonyms: deslizar, resvalar

3. (figuratively) to blunder