escapulario

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish escapulario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskapuˈlaɾjo/, [es.ka.puˈla.ɾjo]
• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧pu‧la‧rio

Noun

escapulario

1. (Christianity) scapular

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish escapulario (early 13th c.), Latin scapulāris (“of the back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskapuˈlaɾjo/ [es.ka.puˈla.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧pu‧la‧rio

Noun

escapulario m (plural escapularios)

1. (Christianity) scapular (a short cloak, now often with an embroidered image of a saint)
2. (Christianity) scapular (a devotional object)
3. (zoology) scapular, scapulary

Derived terms

• carpintero escapulario

Further reading

• “escapulario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025