esquerp

Catalan

Etymology

From obsolete escarp, from Proto-West Germanic *skarp, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz (“sharp”). Cognate with English sharp. Doublet of escarpa, a borrowing via Italian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˈkɛrp]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əsˈkerp]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [esˈkeɾp]

Adjective

esquerp (feminine esquerpa, masculine plural esquerps, feminine plural esquerpes)

rude

Derived terms

Further reading

“esquerp” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“esquerp”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“esquerp” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“esquerp” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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