# escribir
## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* escrebir
* escriure (directly from Classical Latin scrībere)

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskɾiˈbi(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
* Syllabification: es‧cri‧bir

### Verb

escribir
* to write

### References

* “escribir”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* escrebir

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskɾiˈbiɾ/ [es.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Hyphenation: es‧cri‧bir

### Verb

escribir (first-person singular indicative present escribo, past participle escribíu)
* to write

#### Related terms

* escritor
* escritu
* escritura

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* escrebir
* escrever (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escrivir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere. Distant cognate of English shrive.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskɾiˈbiɾ/ [es̺.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Hyphenation: es‧cri‧bir

### Verb

escribir (first-person singular present escribo, first-person singular preterite escribín, past participle escrito)
* to write

#### Related terms

* escribán
* escritura

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escrivir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escriu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escribir”, 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), “escribir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escribir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* escrebir, escriuir, escreuir (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish escrivir, from Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskɾiˈbiɾ/ [es.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: es‧cri‧bir

### Verb

escribir (first-person singular present escribo, first-person singular preterite escribí, past participle escrito or (Argentina and Uruguay) escripto)
* (transitive, intransitive) to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate)
    Synonyms: redactar, (Belize) raitiar
    Escribe todas sus ideas en un cuaderno.She writes all her ideas in a notebook.
    ¿Cómo se escribe tu apellido?How do you spell your last name?(literally, “How is your last name written?”)
* (transitive) to write (to be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.))
    Cervantes escribió el Quijote a comienzos del siglo XVII.Cervantes wrote Don Quijote at the beginning of the 17th century.
* (intransitive) to write (to be an author)
    Después de publicar su primer libro, dejó de escribir.After publishing her first book, she stopped writing.
* (transitive) to write (to send written information to)
    Luego te escribo un mensaje.I'll send you a message later.(literally, “I'll write you a message later.”)
    Escríbete una nota.Write yourself a note.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive. $^3$Argentina and Uruguay.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive. $^3$Argentina and Uruguay.

#### Related terms

* describir
* escribano
* escribidor
* escribiente
* escribir a vuela pluma
* escrito
* escritor
* escritorio
* escritura
* escriturar
* máquina de escribir

#### Further reading

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