escarola

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scarola, from Late Latin ēscāriola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əs.kəˈɾo̞.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [əs.kəˈɾɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [es.kaˈɾɔ.la]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

escarola f (plural escaroles)

1. escarole

Derived terms

• escarolat
• escaroler

See also

• xicoira

Further reading

• “escarola”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “escarola”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Verb

escarola

1. inflection of escarolar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• escariola

Etymology

From Italian scarola, scariola, from Late Latin ēscāriola.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kaˈɾɔ.lɐ/, /es.kaˈɾɔ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kaˈɾɔ.lɐ/, /es.kaˈɾɔ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kaˈɾɔ.lɐ/, /eʃ.kaˈɾɔ.lɐ/

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

• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧ro‧la

Noun

escarola f (plural escarolas)

1. endive (salad vegetable)

   Synonym: endívia

Further reading

• “escarola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “escarola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

An endive plant.

Alternative forms

• escariola

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scarola, scariola, from Late Latin ēscāriola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈɾola/ [es.kaˈɾo.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧ro‧la

Noun

escarola f (plural escarolas)

1. endive

   Synonyms: endibia, endivia

   • 1557, Leonhart Fuchs, translated by Juan de Jarava, Historia de yeruas, y plantas, Antwerp: Por los herederos de Arnaldo Byrcman, page 409:

     La escariola nasce y cresce en los huertos auiendola sembrado.

     The endive is born and grows in the gardens after one’s having it sown.

2. any of various wild plants of the genus Lactuca

Further reading

• “escarola”, 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