escurçar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excurtiare, from curtus (short).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əs.kuɾˈsa/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əs.kurˈsa/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /es.kuɾˈsaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

escurçar (first-person singular present escurço, past participle escurçat)

  1. (transitive) to shorten, to shrink
  2. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to become shorter, to shrink, to diminish
    Els dies s'escurcen.The days are growing shorter.

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