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escanciar

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Asturian

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Verb

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escanciar (first-person singular indicative present escancio, past participle escanciáu)

  1. to serve (food or drink)
  2. to pour (cider)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • escanciar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “escanciar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Spanish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną, probably via Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*skankjan). Cognate with German schenken (to pour, give as a present), Dutch schenken (to pour, give as a present), English shink (to pour), Portuguese escanção.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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escanciar (first-person singular present escancio, first-person singular preterite escancié, past participle escanciado)

  1. (transitive) to pour cider by raising the bottle over one's head and into the glass held tilted by one's waist

Usage notes

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  • The verb is almost exclusively used to describe this method of pouring cider, which is common in Asturias.
  • The pourer looks blankly forward, not at the bottle or at the glass. It is poured this way to allow air bubbles into the drink, and generally a few drops are spilt on the floor in the process.

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