# escarpa
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkar.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [esˈkaɾ.pa]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.

#### Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpes)
* scarp, escarpment

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpes)
* (dialectal) Alternative form of escarpra

### Further reading

* “escarpa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈkaɾpa̝/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skarpô (“sharp”).

#### Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)
* splinter, thorn
* tree bark, most notably when old and thick

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.

#### Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)
* escarpment

##### Derived terms

* escarpado (“steep”)

### References

* 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
* ↑ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. escarpa².
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “escarpa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [isˈkah.pɐ], /esˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [esˈkah.pɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [isˈkah.pɐ], /esˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [esˈkah.pɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /isˈkaɾ.pɐ/, /esˈkaɾ.pɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [iʃˈkaχ.pɐ], /eʃˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [eʃˈkaχ.pɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /esˈkaɻ.pa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃˈkaɾ.pɐ/
* Hyphenation: es‧car‧pa

### Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)
* escarpment

#### Derived terms

* escarpado

### References

* ↑ “escarpa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈkaɾpa/ [esˈkaɾ.pa]
* Rhymes: -aɾpa
* Syllabification: es‧car‧pa

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.

#### Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)
* escarpment
    Synonym: escarpadura
* (Mexico) sidewalk
    Synonyms: acera, (Guatemala) banqueta, (Latin America) vereda

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

escarpa
* inflection of escarpar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10
* “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