escora
Spanish, noun
escora is spelled E-S-C-O-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 147,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escora is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “list, heeling, careen, careening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of escorar. With an accent, escorá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of escorar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Puntal que se fija contra el costado, cintas y fondos de un buque en grada o en dique , para mantenerlo…”.
What does escora mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelist, heeling, careen, careening
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of escorar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Puntal que se fija contra el costado, cintas y fondos de un buque en grada o en dique , para mantenerlo derecho durante su construcción o carena. 2. Línea que pasa por el punto de mayor anchura de todas las cuadernas. 3. Escoras En plural. Curvas que sujetan el tajamar a la roda.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escora
- escoras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to escora
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escora in Spanish?
escora appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).