escollo

Catalan

Verb

escollo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escollar

Galician

Verb

escollo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escoller

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scoglio,[1] from Vulgar Latin *scoculum (possibly through a Gallo-Italic intermediate), from Latin scopulus, from Ancient Greek σκόπελος (skópelos, “lookout place: hence peak, headland, promontory”). Compare Catalan escull.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /esˈkoʝo/ [esˈko.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /esˈkoʎo/ [esˈko.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /esˈkoʃo/ [esˈko.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /esˈkoʒo/ [esˈko.ʒo]

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝo
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎo
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃo
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒo

  • Syllabification: es‧co‧llo

Noun

escollo m (plural escollos)

  1. reef, shoal
  2. (figuratively) pitfall, stumbling block
    • 2020 December 2, José Marcos, Pablo Linde, “Sanidad propone retrasar el toque de queda a la 1.30 en Nochebuena y Nochevieja”, in El País‎, retrieved 2020-12-02:
      El principal escollo es el confinamiento perimetral, que se establece para todas las comunidades, excepto los archipiélagos (Canarias y Baleares).
      The main stumbling rock is the perimeter lockdown, which is established for all the [autonomous] communities, except the archipelagos (the Canaries and Balearics).

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading
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