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esquivo

See also: esquivó

Catalan edit

Verb edit

esquivo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of esquivar

Galician edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese esquivo (“harsh”), perhaps from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 (*skiuhs), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

esquivo (feminine esquiva, masculine plural esquivos, feminine plural esquivas)

  1. asocial
    Synonyms: arisco, arredío
  2. elusive
    Synonym: elusivo
  3. rude, cruel
    • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 191:
      Et tã grande foy aly a batalla et tã esquiua que de mayor nõ poderia ome falar
      So large and crude was the battle [fought] there, that none could say that he had seen any larger one
  4. scarce, miserly, stingy
    • 1427, José I. Fernández de Viana y Vieites (ed.), Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón. Lugo: Diputación, page 187:
      Item mando que me teñan triinta clérigos á miña sepultura et ao ... et mays outros quaesquer clérigos que a elo chegaren, que non sejan esquivos
      Item, I order that they should bring thirty priest to my sepulchre [...] and any other priest brought there; they shouldn't be mean.
  5. harsh
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 561:
      Et começou o torneo a creçer tãto, et a seer o acapelamento tã grande, et a uolta et os braados et os alaridos et os sõos dos cornos et das tronpas tã grandes et tã esquiuos que ome nõ se podía oýr
      And the tournament began to grow so much, and the carnage was so large, and the din and the shouts and the yells and the sound of the horns and of the trumpets so big and harsh that a man couldn't heard himself

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References edit

  • “esquivo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “esquiu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “esquivo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “esquivo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “esquivo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese esquivo (“cruel”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 (*skiuhs), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”).

Adjective edit

esquivo (feminine esquiva, masculine plural esquivos, feminine plural esquivas)

  1. asocial (not sociable)
    Synonyms: antissocial, arisco, arredio, associal, esquivoso, intratável
  2. elusive (evading capture or comprehension)
    Synonyms: elusivo, fugidio
    • 2014, “Moça Esquiva”, in Jorge Cruz (lyrics), Diabo na Cruz, performed by Diabo na Cruz:
      Roubo um beijo a correr
      Toca a enxotar
      Agarrar é às escuras
      Navegar só à deriva
      Ai Jesus, que moça esquiva
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. untameable (incapable of being controlled, subdued, or tamed)
    Synonyms: arisco, bravio, indomável
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

esquivo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of esquivar

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 (*skiuhs), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, timid”), see also Old English scēoh, Middle High German schiech (“timid”).

Adjective edit

esquivo (feminine esquiva, masculine plural esquivos, feminine plural esquivas)

  1. disdainful
    Synonym: desdeñoso
  2. rough
    Synonym: áspero
  3. unsociable, elusive, evasive
    Synonym: huraño
    • 2017, “Que No”, in Enrique Rangel (lyrics), Jei Beibi, performed by Café Tacvba:
      Ella era distinta, era distante / Era esquiva y se ocultaba
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

esquivo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of esquivar

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