escalfar

Etymology

From Old Occitan escalfar (compare Occitan escalfar, escaufar), from Vulgar Latin *excal(e)fāre (compare Spanish escalfar, French échauffer), from Latin excalfacere, present active infinitive of excalfaciō, from ex + calfaciō, variant of calefaciō.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əs.kəlˈfa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /es.kalˈfaɾ/

Verb

escalfar (first-person singular present escalfo, past participle escalfat)

1. to heat; to warm up

Further reading

• “escalfar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Alternative forms

• escaufar

Etymology

From Old Occitan escalfar (compare Catalan escalfar), from Vulgar Latin *excal(e)fāre (compare French échauffer, Spanish escalfar), from Latin excalfacere, present active infinitive of excalfaciō, from ex + calfaciō, variant of calefaciō.

Verb

escalfar

1. to heat; to warm up

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish escalfar^[1], from Vulgar Latin *excal(e)fāre, from Latin excalfacere, present active infinitive of excalfaciō, from ex + calfaciō, variant of calefaciō.

Verb

escalfar (first-person singular present indicative escalfo, past participle escalfado)

1. to poach (to cook in simmering water)

References

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excal(e)fāre (compare Catalan escalfar, French échauffer), from Latin excalfacere, present active infinitive of excalfaciō, from ex + calfaciō, variant of calefaciō. Compare also the related Old Spanish calfar, and the learned calefacer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskalˈfaɾ/

Verb

escalfar (first-person singular present escalfo, first-person singular preterite escalfé, past participle escalfado)

1. to poach (as an egg)

Further reading

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