escribir
Aragonese edit
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Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere.
Verb edit
escribir
References edit
- “escribir”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Asturian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere.
Verb edit
escribir (first-person singular indicative present escribo, past participle escribíu)
- to write
Conjugation edit
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Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese escrivir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere. Distant cognate of English shrive.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
escribir (first-person singular present escribo, first-person singular preterite escribín, past participle escrito)
- to write
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References edit
- “escrivir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “escriu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “escribir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “escribir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “escribir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish escrivir, from Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
escribir (first-person singular present escribo, first-person singular preterite escribí, past participle escrito or (Argentina and Uruguay) escripto)
- (transitive, intransitive) to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate)
- (transitive) to write (to be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.))
- Cervantes escribió el Quijote a comienzos del siglo XVII.
- Cervantes wrote Don Quijote at the beginning of the 17th century.
- (intransitive) to write (to be an author)
- Después de publicar su primer libro, dejó de escribir.
- After publishing her first book, she stopped writing.
- (transitive) to write (to send written information to)
- Luego te escribo un mensaje.
- I'll send you a message later.
- (literally, “I'll write you a message later.”)
- Escríbete una nota.
- Write yourself a note.
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Further reading edit
- “escribir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014