escafandra

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəˈfan.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kaˈfan.dɾa]
• Rhymes: -andɾa

escafandra f (plural escafandres)

1. alternative form of escafandre

Borrowed from French scaphandre, from Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, “boat”) and ἀνδρός (andrós, “man”). Term first used in French in 1775 by Jean-Baptiste de la Chappelle.^[1] Cognate with Portuguese escafandro.

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈfandɾa/ [es.kaˈfãn̪.d̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -andɾa
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧fan‧dra

escafandra f (plural escafandras)

1. diving suit

• “escafandra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024