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. (pronominal) to bleed

• coar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escoar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “escoar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escoar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escoar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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.

2. to sell; to liquidate (a product)