escarranchar
Portuguese, verb/is.ka.ʁɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/
escarranchar is spelled E-S-C-A-R-R-A-N-C-H-A-R (12 letters). Escarranchar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to straddle (a horse, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pôr as pernas separadas, abrir muito, sentar num cavalo”.
What does escarranchar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to straddle (a horse, etc.)
- 2
to sprawl
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pôr as pernas separadas, abrir muito, sentar num cavalo 2. abrir
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 escarranchar
- escarrancho first-person present singular
- escarranchei first-person preterite singular
- escarranchado participle past
- escarranchares infinitive second-person singular
- escarrancharmos first-person infinitive plural
- escarranchardes infinitive plural second-person
- escarrancharem infinitive plural third-person
- escarranchando gerund
- escarranchados masculine participle past
- escarranchada feminine participle past
- escarranchadas feminine participle past
- escarranchas indicative present second-person
- escarrancha indicative present singular
- escarranchamos first-person indicative plural
- escarranchais indicative plural present
- escarrancham indicative plural present
- escarranchava first-person imperfect indicative
- escarranchavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarranchar?
- Brazil /is.ka.ʁɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.ka.hɐ̃ˈʃa(h)]
- Brazil /es.ka.ʁɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.