escarpa

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkar.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkaɾ.pa]

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.

escarpa f (plural escarpes)

1. scarp, escarpment

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

escarpa f (plural escarpes)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of escarpra

• “escarpa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /esˈkaɾpa̝/

From Proto-Germanic *skarpô (“sharp”).^[1]

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

1. splinter, thorn
2. tree bark, most notably when old and thick

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.^[2]

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

1. escarpment

• escarpado (“steep”)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escarpa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escarpa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escarpado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.^[1]

• Hyphenation: es‧car‧pa

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

1. escarpment

• escarpado

• IPA^(key): /esˈkaɾpa/ [esˈkaɾ.pa]
• Rhymes: -aɾpa
• Syllabification: es‧car‧pa

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

1. escarpment

   Synonym: escarpadura

2. (Mexico) sidewalk

   Synonyms: acera, (Guatemala) banqueta, (Latin America) vereda

escarpa

1. inflection of escarpar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “escarpa”, 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
• “escarpa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “escarpa”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019