escayola

See also: escayolá

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /eskaˈʝola/ [es.kaˈʝo.la]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eskaˈʃola/ [es.kaˈʃo.la]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eskaˈʒola/ [es.kaˈʒo.la]

Rhymes: -ola
Syllabification: es‧ca‧yo‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian scagliuola, diminutive of scaglia.

Noun

escayola f (plural escayolas)

plaster
Synonym: yeso
stucco
Synonym: estuco

Verb

escayola

inflection of escayolar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

“escayola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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