escatima

See also: escatimá

Catalan

Verb

escatima

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of escatimar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of escatimar

Galician

Alternative forms
  • escatema

Etymology

Unknown. From Old Galician-Portuguese escatima (13th century). The Germanic etymology proposed by Coromines[1] is unsustainable, according to Ramón Lorenzo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [eskɑˈtimɐ]

Noun

escatima f (plural escatimas)

  1. (dated) trickery; offense
    • 1319, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, II, p. 42:
      non he myna voontade de façer escatima nen torto a o moesteiro de sancta Maria d'Osseira
      it is not my will to make trickery nor tort to he monastery of Saint Mary of Oseira
    Synonyms: deosto, engano

References
  • “escatima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “escatima” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “escatima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “escatima” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “escatimar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Verb

escatima

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