escara

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin eschara (“scar, scab”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ska.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛskara
• Hyphenation: è‧sca‧ra

Noun

escara f (plural escare)

1. (medicine) scab, eschar

Related terms

• scarioso

Anagrams

• ascerà, ascrea, casera, cerasa, esarca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈka.ɾɐ/, /esˈka.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈka.ɾɐ/, /esˈka.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈka.ɾɐ/, /eʃˈka.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈka.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈka.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧ra

Noun

escara f (plural escaras)

1. bedsore (lesion caused by staying in bed for too long)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkaɾa/ [esˈka.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra

Noun

escara f (plural escaras)

1. scab
2. bedsore

Related terms

• escarioso

 

Further reading

• “escara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014