escanciar

Asturian

Verb

escanciar (first-person singular indicative present escancio, past participle escanciáu)

  1. to serve (food or drink)
  2. to pour (cider)

Conjugation

Spanish

escanciar
escanciar

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną, probably via Gothic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /eskanˈθjaɾ/ [es.kãn̟ˈθjaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /eskanˈsjaɾ/ [es.kãnˈsjaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧can‧ciar

Verb

escanciar (first-person singular present escancio, first-person singular preterite escancié, past participle escanciado)

  1. (transitive) to pour cider by raising the bottle over one's head and into the glass held tilted by one's waist

Usage notes

  • The verb is almost exclusively used to describe this method of pouring cider, which is common in Asturias.
  • The pourer looks blankly forward, not at the bottle or at the glass. It is poured this way to allow air bubbles into the drink, and generally a few drops are spilt on the floor in the process.

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