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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excurtiare, from curtus (short).

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escurçar (first-person singular present escurço, first-person singular preterite escurcí, past participle escurçat)

  1. (transitive) to shorten, to shrink
  2. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to become shorter, to shrink, to diminish
    Els dies s'escurcen.The days are growing shorter.

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