Alternative forms

• escrebir
• escriure (directly from Classical Latin scrībere)

Etymology

From Vulgar LatinCategory:Aragonese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#ESCRIBIRCategory:Aragonese terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ESCRIBIR *scrībīre, from LatinCategory:Aragonese terms inherited from Latin#ESCRIBIRCategory:Aragonese terms derived from Latin#ESCRIBIR scrībere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskɾiˈbi(ɾ)/Category:Aragonese terms with IPA pronunciation#ESCRIBIR
• Syllabification: es‧cri‧bir
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Aragonese/i(ɾ)#ESCRIBIRCategory:Rhymes:Aragonese/i(ɾ)/3 syllables#ESCRIBIR

Verb

escribirCategory:Aragonese lemmas#ESCRIBIRCategory:Aragonese verbs#ESCRIBIRCategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#ESCRIBIRCategory:Pages with entries#ESCRIBIRCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ESCRIBIR

1. to write

References

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

Alternative forms

• escrebir

Etymology

From Vulgar LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#ESCRIBIRCategory:Asturian terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ESCRIBIR *scrībīre, from LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#ESCRIBIRCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#ESCRIBIR scrībere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskɾiˈbiɾ/ [es.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]Category:Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation#ESCRIBIR
• Rhymes: -iɾCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/iɾ#ESCRIBIRCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/iɾ/3 syllables#ESCRIBIR
• Syllabification: es‧cri‧bir

Verb

escribir (first-person singular indicative present escribo, past participle escribíu)Category:Asturian lemmas#ESCRIBIRCategory:Asturian verbs#ESCRIBIRCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#ESCRIBIRCategory:Pages with entries#ESCRIBIRCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ESCRIBIR

1. to write

Alternative forms

• escrebir
• escrever (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#ESCRIBIRCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#ESCRIBIR escrivir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#ESCRIBIRCategory:Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ESCRIBIR *scrībīre, from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#ESCRIBIRCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#ESCRIBIR scrībere. Distant cognate of English shrive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskɾiˈbiɾ/ [es̺.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#ESCRIBIR
• Rhymes: -iɾCategory:Rhymes:Galician/iɾ#ESCRIBIRCategory:Rhymes:Galician/iɾ/3 syllables#ESCRIBIR
• Hyphenation: es‧cri‧bir

Verb

escribir (first-person singular present escribo, first-person singular preterite escribín, past participle escrito)Category:Galician lemmas#ESCRIBIRCategory:Galician verbs#ESCRIBIRCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ir#ESCRIBIRCategory:Galician irregular verbs#ESCRIBIRCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#ESCRIBIRCategory:Pages with entries#ESCRIBIRCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ESCRIBIR

1. to write

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “escrivir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “escribir”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Alternative forms

• escrebir, escriuir, escreuir (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#ESCRIBIRCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#ESCRIBIR escrivir, from Vulgar LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#ESCRIBIRCategory:Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ESCRIBIR *scrībīre, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#ESCRIBIRCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#ESCRIBIR scrībere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskɾiˈbiɾ/ [es.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ESCRIBIRCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ESCRIBIR

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  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#ESCRIBIR
• Rhymes: -iɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/iɾ#ESCRIBIRCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/iɾ/3 syllables#ESCRIBIR
• Syllabification: es‧cri‧bir

Verb

escribir (first-person singular present escribo, first-person singular preterite escribí, past participle escrito or (Argentina and Uruguay) escripto)Category:Spanish lemmas#ESCRIBIRCategory:Spanish verbs#ESCRIBIRCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ir#ESCRIBIRCategory:Spanish irregular verbs#ESCRIBIRCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ESCRIBIRCategory:Pages with entries#ESCRIBIRCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ESCRIBIR

1. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#ESCRIBIR, intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#ESCRIBIR) 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.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#ESCRIBIR

   ¿Cómo se escribe tu apellido?

   How do you spell your last name?

   (literally, “How is your last name written?”)

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#ESCRIBIR

2. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#ESCRIBIR) 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.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#ESCRIBIR

3. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#ESCRIBIR) to write (to be an author)

   Después de publicar su primer libro, dejó de escribir.

   After publishing her first book, she stopped writing.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#ESCRIBIR

4. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#ESCRIBIR) 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.”)

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#ESCRIBIR

   Escríbete una nota.

   Write yourself a note.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#ESCRIBIR

5. (colloquialCategory:Spanish colloquialisms#ESCRIBIR, pronominal) to chat regularly with someone on social media

   Synonym: hablar

   Me escribo con uno del Barça.

   I chat with someone from Barça.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#ESCRIBIR