escandir
Portuguese, verb/is.kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
escandir is spelled E-S-C-A-N-D-I-R (8 letters). Escandir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to scan (form a poetic metre)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medir (versos); decompor um verso nos seus elementos de métrica”.
What does escandir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scan (form a poetic metre)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. medir (versos); decompor um verso nos seus elementos de métrica 2. pronunciar com ênfase as sílabas de um verso ou frase 3. examinar miudamente 4. enumerar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escandir
- escando first-person present singular
- escandi first-person preterite singular
- escandido participle past
- escandires infinitive second-person singular
- escandirmos first-person infinitive plural
- escandirdes infinitive plural second-person
- escandirem infinitive plural third-person
- escandindo gerund
- escandidos masculine participle past
- escandida feminine participle past
- escandidas feminine participle past
- escandes indicative present second-person
- escande indicative present singular
- escandimos first-person indicative plural
- escandis indicative plural present
- escandem indicative plural present
- escandia first-person imperfect indicative
- escandias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escandir?
- Brazil /is.kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- Brazil /es.kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escandir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.