escudar
Spanish, verb/eskuˈdaɾ/
escudar is spelled E-S-C-U-D-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escudar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shield, block” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proteger con el escudo”.
What does escudar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shield, block
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Proteger con el escudo. 2. Proteger valiéndose de algún elemento a modo de escudo. 3. Valerse de algo o alguien como pretexto o justificación.
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 escudar
- escudo first-person present singular
- escudé first-person preterite singular
- escudado participle past
- escudando gerund
- escudada feminine participle past
- escudados masculine participle past
- escudadas feminine participle past
- escudas indicative informal present
- escudás indicative informal present
- escuda indicative present singular
- escudamos first-person indicative plural
- escudáis indicative plural present
- escudan indicative plural present
- escudaba first-person imperfect indicative
- escudabas imperfect indicative second-person
- escudábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- escudabais imperfect indicative plural
- escudaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escudar?
- /eskuˈdaɾ/
- [es.kuˈð̞aɾ]
- [eskuˈð̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escudar in Spanish?
escudar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).