escarpa

See also: escarpá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkar.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkaɾ.pa]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.

Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpes)

1. scarp, escarpment

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpes)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of escarpra

Further reading

• “escarpa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkaɾpa̝/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skarpô (“sharp”).

Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

1. splinter, thorn
2. tree bark, most notably when old and thick

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.

Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

1. escarpment

Derived terms

• escarpado (“steep”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escarpa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “escarpa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escarpado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [isˈkah.pɐ], /esˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [esˈkah.pɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [isˈkah.pɐ], /esˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [esˈkah.pɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /isˈkaɾ.pɐ/, /esˈkaɾ.pɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [iʃˈkaχ.pɐ], /eʃˈkaʁ.pɐ/ [eʃˈkaχ.pɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /isˈkaɻ.pɐ/, /esˈkaɻ.pɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈkaʁ.pa/ [esˈkah.pa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkaɾ.pɐ/

• Hyphenation: es‧car‧pa

Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

1. escarpment

Derived terms

• escarpado

Further reading

• “escarpa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “escarpa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkaɾpa/ [esˈkaɾ.pa]
• Rhymes: -aɾpa
• Syllabification: es‧car‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian scarpa.

Noun

escarpa f (plural escarpas)

1. escarpment

   Synonym: escarpadura

2. (Mexico) sidewalk

   Synonyms: acera, (Guatemala) banqueta, (Latin America) vereda

Etymology 2

Verb

escarpa

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

Further reading

• “escarpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “escarpa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “escarpa”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019