escaparate

Spanish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schaprade (“cabinet”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eskapaˈɾate/ [es.ka.paˈɾa.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧pa‧ra‧te

Noun

escaparate m (plural escaparates)

  1. display cabinet
  2. window, shop window
    Synonyms: aparador, vidriera, vitrina
    • 2017, Tyto Alba, Fellini en Roma, Astiberri, →ISBN, page 19:
      En una ocasíon se nos ocurrió ofrecer nuestro talento para decorar los escaparates de las tiendas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants
  • → Catalan: escaparat
  • → Tagalog: eskaparate

References
  1. “escaparate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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