escurabutxaques
Catalan
editEtymology
editVerb-object compound, composed of escura (“to clean out”) + butxaques (“pockets”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [əsˌku.ɾə.βuˈt͡ʃa.kəs]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əsˌku.ɾə.buˈt͡ʃa.kəs]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˌku.ɾa.buˈt͡ʃa.kes]
Noun
editescurabutxaques m or f by sense (invariable)
- pickpocket
- Synonym: carterista
Further reading
edit- “escurabutxaques” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “escurabutxaques”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “escurabutxaques” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Categories:
- Catalan verb-object compounds
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan indeclinable nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns with no feminine ending
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- Catalan nouns with multiple genders
- Catalan masculine and feminine nouns by sense
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