esgrima

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əzˈɡɾi.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ezˈɡɾi.ma/
• Hyphenation: es‧gri‧ma

Noun

esgrima f (uncountable)

1. (sports) fencing

Related terms

• esgrimidor
• esgrimir

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian scrima.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: es‧gri‧ma

Noun

esgrima f (uncountable)

1. (sports) fencing

Related terms

• espada
• florete
• sabre

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Italian scrima, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmijan.

Noun

esgrima f (plural esgrimas)

1. (martial arts, sports) fencing

Hypernyms

• deporte de combate

Hyponyms

• esgrima germánica (“Fechtschulen, German school of fencing”)

Derived terms

• esgrimidor
• esgrimista

Related terms

• esgrimir
• escaramuza

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

esgrima

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of esgrimir.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of esgrimir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of esgrimir.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of esgrimir.

Further reading

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