escritorio

See also: escritório

Galician

Alternative forms

• escritório (reintegrationist)

Noun

escritorio m (plural escritorios)

1. writing desk

References

• “escritorio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin scrīptōrium, from Latin scrīptōrius (“pertaining to writing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskɾiˈtoɾjo/ [es.kɾiˈt̪o.ɾjo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾjo
• Syllabification: es‧cri‧to‧rio

Noun

escritorio m (plural escritorios)

1. writing desk

   Synonym: buró

2. study (room where writing is done)
3. (computing) desktop, desktop computer (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)

   navegador de escritorio ― desktop browser

Further reading

• “escritorio”, 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