escoar

• escuar

es- +‎ coar (“to filter”), from Latin cōlāre, present active infinitive of cōlō (“I filter”), or through a Vulgar Latin root *excōlāre. Compare Spanish escolar, French écouler, Italian scolare, Sicilian sculari.

• IPA^(key): [eskoˈaɾ]

escoar (first-person singular present escoo, first-person singular preterite escoei, past participle escoado)

1. to drain

   Synonyms: decorrer, escorrer, vazar

2. to strain

   Synonyms: decorrer, escorrer

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to bleed

• coar

• “escoar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “escoar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “escoar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “escoar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin *excōlāre.[1][2] Compare Galician escoar, Spanish escolar, French écouler, Italian scolare, and Sicilian sculari.

• Hyphenation: es‧co‧ar

escoar (first-person singular present escoo, first-person singular preterite escoei, past participle escoado)

1. to drain

   Synonyms: escorrer, esgotar

   Abriu-se um canal para escoar a lagoa. ― A channel was built to drain the lagoon.