escara

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin eschara (“scar, scab”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ska.ra/
Rhymes: -ɛskara
Hyphenation: è‧sca‧ra

Noun

escara f (plural escare)

(medicine) scab, eschar

Related terms

scarioso

Anagrams

ascerà, ascrea, casera, cerasa, esarca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈka.ɾɐ/, /esˈka.ɾɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈka.ɾɐ/, /eʃˈka.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈka.ɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈka.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: es‧ca‧ra

Noun

escara f (plural escaras)

bedsore (lesion caused by staying in bed for too long)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈkaɾa/ [esˈka.ɾa]
Rhymes: -aɾa
Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra

Noun

escara f (plural escaras)

scab
bedsore

Related terms

escarioso

Further reading

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

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