escriba

Asturian

Verb

escriba

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of escribir

Galician

Verb

escriba

1. inflection of escribir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scriba. Doublet of escrivão.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkɾi.bɐ/, /esˈkɾi.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkɾi.bɐ/, /esˈkɾi.bɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkɾi.bɐ/, /eʃˈkɾi.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈkɾi.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkɾi.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈkɾi.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -ibɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧cri‧ba

Noun

escriba m or f by sense (plural escribas)

1. scribe (someone employed to write and take notes)

Related terms

• escrita
• escritório

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkɾiba/ [esˈkɾi.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: es‧cri‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin scriba. Doublet of escribano.

Noun

escriba m (plural escribas)

1. scribe

   Synonym: escribiente

Etymology 2

Verb

escriba

1. inflection of escribir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “escriba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014