escayola

See also: escayolá

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈʝola/ [es.kaˈʝo.la]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /eskaˈʝola/ [es.kaˈʝo.la]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eskaˈʃola/ [es.kaˈʃo.la]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eskaˈʒola/ [es.kaˈʒo.la]

• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧yo‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian scagliuola, diminutive of scaglia.

Noun

escayola f (plural escayolas)

1. plaster

   Synonym: yeso

2. stucco

   Synonym: estuco

Etymology 2

Verb

escayola

1. inflection of escayolar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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