esquilar

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əs.kiˈla/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /es.kiˈlaɾ/

Verb

esquilar (first-person singular present esquilo, past participle esquilat)

1. (transitive) to shear (to remove the fleece of sheep)

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esquilar (“to shear”), from Old Spanish esquirar, from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (skairan) or *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (skiran), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną.

Verb

esquilar (first-person singular present indicative esquilo, past participle esquilado)

1. (regional) to shear (to remove the fleece of sheep)

Etymology

From Old Spanish esquirar, from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (skairan) or *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (skiran), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną. Compare Old High German sceran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskiˈlaɾ/

Verb

esquilar (first-person singular present esquilo, first-person singular preterite esquilé, past participle esquilado)

1. to shear
2. (Cantabria) to climb

Further reading

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