escatima

See also: escatimá

Catalan

Verb

escatima

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

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

escatema

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [eskɑˈtimɐ]

Noun

escatima f (plural escatimas)

(dated) trickery; offense
Synonyms: deosto, engano
- 1319, Tórculo Edicións, II, edited by M. Romaní Martínez, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago, page 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

Related terms

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escatima”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escatima”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escatima”, 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), “escatima”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “escatimar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2

Verb

escatima

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

Spanish

Verb

escatima

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

[1] Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “escatimar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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