escorar
Spanish, verb/eskoˈɾaɾ/
escorar is spelled E-S-C-O-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escorar is a Spanish verb meaning “to list (as a boat or ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Inclinarse el buque hacia un costado, o tumbarse, obligado por la fuerza del viento”.
What does escorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to list (as a boat or ship)
- 2
(nautical) to rock, tilt
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Inclinarse el buque hacia un costado, o tumbarse, obligado por la fuerza del viento. 2. Apuntalar con escoras el buque o afirmar cualquier cosa a bordo para que no se caiga. 3. Contenerse el buque , llegar a encontrar punto de apoyo y estabilidad en su inclinación de costado.
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 escorar
- escoro first-person present singular
- escoré first-person preterite singular
- escorado participle past
- escorando gerund
- escorada feminine participle past
- escorados masculine participle past
- escoradas feminine participle past
- escoras indicative informal present
- escorás indicative informal present
- escora indicative present singular
- escoramos first-person indicative plural
- escoráis indicative plural present
- escoran indicative plural present
- escoraba first-person imperfect indicative
- escorabas imperfect indicative second-person
- escorábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- escorabais imperfect indicative plural
- escoraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escorar?
- /eskoˈɾaɾ/
- [es.koˈɾaɾ]
- [eskoˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escorar in Spanish?
escorar appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).