escoltar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre. Doublet of auscultar, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [əs.kulˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.kolˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [es.kolˈtaɾ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb edit
escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escoltí, past participle escoltat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to listen to, to pay attention to
- (transitive, figurative) to heed, to mind, to obey
- No m'escoltis pas! ― Don't mind me!
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of escoltar (first conjugation)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “escoltar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “escoltar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian scortare.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escoltei, past participle escoltado)
- to escort (to guard someone or something as they go somewhere)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of escoltar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading edit
- “escoltar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian scortare.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escolté, past participle escoltado)
- (transitive) to escort
- 2023 June 8, Montero Glez, “El viaje psicodélico como experimento científico tuvo su desarrollo en Harvard”, in El País[1], photo caption:
- Timothy Leary es escoltado por agentes federales desde un avión de pasajeros en 1972. Leary fue detenido en Afganistán y se enfrentó a cargos de contrabando de drogas, conspiración y evasión de impuestos.
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Conjugation edit
Conjugation of escoltar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of escoltar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “escoltar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014