escritor

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin scriptor, scriptōrem.

Noun

escritor m (plural escritores)

1. writer

Related terms

• escribir

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin scriptor, scriptōrem.

Noun

escritor m (plural escritores, feminine escritora, feminine plural escritoras)

1. writer

Related terms

• escribir
• escritorio
• escritura

Further reading

• “escritor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• escriptor (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escriptor, from Latin scriptor, scriptōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾiˈtoʁ/ [is.kɾiˈtoh], /es.kɾiˈtoʁ/ [es.kɾiˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾiˈtoʁ/ [is.kɾiˈtoh], /es.kɾiˈtoʁ/ [es.kɾiˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.kɾiˈtoɾ/, /es.kɾiˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɾiˈtoʁ/ [iʃ.kɾiˈtoχ], /eʃ.kɾiˈtoʁ/ [eʃ.kɾiˈtoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /is.kɾiˈtoɻ/, /es.kɾiˈtoɻ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kɾiˈtoʁ/ [es.kɾiˈtoh]

 

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾiˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾiˈto.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: es‧cri‧tor

Noun

escritor m (plural escritores, feminine escritora, feminine plural escritoras)

1. writer

Related terms

• escrever
• escrita

Further reading

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• escriptor (dated)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti

Proto-Italic *skreiβō

Latin scrībō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin scriptor

Spanish escritor

Inherited from Latin scriptor, scriptōrem. By surface analysis, escrito +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskɾiˈtoɾ/ [es.kɾiˈt̪oɾ]

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: es‧cri‧tor

Noun

escritor m (plural escritores, feminine escritora, feminine plural escritoras)

1. writer

Related terms

• escribir
• escritorio
• escritura

See also

• autor

Further reading

• “escritor”, 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