escultura

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sculptūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əs.kulˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [es.kulˈtu.ɾa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: es‧cul‧tu‧ra

Noun

escultura f (plural escultures)

1. sculpture

Further reading

• “escultura”, 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
• “escultura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “escultura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “escultura”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Latin scalpō

Latin exsculpōbf.

Latin sculpō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin sculpturalbor.

Galician escultura

Learned borrowing from Latin sculptura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskulˈtuɾa/ [es̺.kul̪ˈt̪u.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: es‧cul‧tu‧ra

Noun

escultura f (plural esculturas)

1. sculpture (work of art created by sculpting)

Related terms

• escultor

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Latin scalpō

Latin exsculpōbf.

Latin sculpō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin sculptūralbor.

Portuguese escultura

Learned borrowing from Latin sculptūra.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [is.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ], /es.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [es.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [is.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ], /es.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [es.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [iʃ.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ], /eʃ.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [eʃ.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kulˈtu.ɾɐ/ [(i)ʃ.kuɫˈtu.ɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧cul‧tu‧ra

Noun

escultura f (plural esculturas)

1. sculpture (work of art created by sculpting)

Derived terms

• escultural
• lipoescultura

Related terms

• esculpir
• escultor

Descendants

• → Tetum: eskultura

Further reading

• “escultura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “escultura”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “escultura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Latin scalpō

Latin exsculpōbf.

Latin sculpō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin sculpturader.

Spanish escultura

Derived from Latin sculptura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskulˈtuɾa/ [es.kul̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: es‧cul‧tu‧ra

Noun

escultura f (plural esculturas)

1. sculpture (work of art created by sculpting)

Derived terms

• escultural
• lipoescultura

Related terms

• esculpir

Descendants

• → Tagalog: iskultura

Further reading

• “escultura”, 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