escolta
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
escolta f (plural escoltes)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
escolta m or f by sense (plural escoltes)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
escolta
- inflection of escoltar:
Further reading edit
- “escolta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: es‧col‧ta
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
escolta f (plural escoltas)
- escort (group of people who someone or something to provide protection)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
escolta
- inflection of escoltar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Italian scorta (“accompaniment”).
Noun edit
escolta f (plural escoltas)
- escort (body of armed men to attend a person)
- (basketball) shooting guard
Noun edit
escolta m or f by sense (plural escoltas)
- bodyguard
- Synonyms: guardaespaldas, (Dominican Republic, Venezuela) espaldero
Usage notes edit
- An escolta sounds more professional than a guardaespaldas.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
escolta
- inflection of escoltar:
Further reading edit
- “escolta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014