escodar

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from Latin excutere (“shake off”), with a change in conjugation. Possibly related to Latin cos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskoˈdaɾ/ [es.koˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧co‧dar

Verb

escodar (first-person singular present escodo, first-person singular preterite escodé, past participle escodado)

1. to hew stones with an edged hammer
2. (said of an animal) to shake one's horns to remove the skin and fur

Conjugation

    Conjugation of escodar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			escodar
gerund			escodando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		escodado		escodada
		plural		escodados		escodadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	escodo	escodastú escodásvos	escoda	escodamos	escodáis	escodan
	imperfect	escodaba	escodabas	escodaba	escodábamos	escodabais	escodaban
	preterite	escodé	escodaste	escodó	escodamos	escodasteis	escodaron
	future	escodaré	escodarás	escodará	escodaremos	escodaréis	escodarán
	conditional	escodaría	escodarías	escodaría	escodaríamos	escodaríais	escodarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	escode	escodestú escodésvos2	escode	escodemos	escodéis	escoden
	imperfect (ra)	escodara	escodaras	escodara	escodáramos	escodarais	escodaran
	imperfect (se)	escodase	escodases	escodase	escodásemos	escodaseis	escodasen
	future1	escodare	escodares	escodare	escodáremos	escodareis	escodaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		escodatú escodávos	escode	escodemos	escodad	escoden
	negative		no escodes	no escode	no escodemos	no escodéis	no escoden

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• escoda

Further reading

• “escodar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “escodar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 699