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escorar

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escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escorí, past participle escorat); root stress: (Northern) /u/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /o/

  1. to tilt, lean
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Vaig tenir la impressió que escorava com la torre de Pisa.
      I had the impression it leaned like the tower of Pisa.

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    From escora (prop, shore) + -ar.

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    escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escorei, past participle escorado)

    1. (transitive) to prop, shore
    2. (pronominal) to tilt

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    Portuguese

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    From escora (nautical list) +‎ -ar, from Old French score, from Dutch schoor.

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    escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escorei, past participle escorado)

    1. to prop (support or shore up something)
    2. (transitive, reflexive) to lean
      Ele escorou-se na parede.He leaned against the wall.
      Ele escorou a escada na parede.He leaned the ladder against the wall.
    3. (figuratively) to comfort, to soothe
      Synonym: amparar
    4. (Brazil, colloquial) to withstand, to endure
      Synonyms: aguentar, suportar

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    Spanish

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      From escora + -ar.

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      • IPA(key): /eskoˈɾaɾ/ [es.koˈɾaɾ]
      • Rhymes: -aɾ
      • Syllabification: es‧co‧rar

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      escorar (first-person singular present escoro, first-person singular preterite escoré, past participle escorado)

      1. (nautical) to list (as a boat or ship)
      2. (reflexive) (nautical) to rock, tilt

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