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esquinar

Portuguese, verb/is.kiˈna(ʁ)/

esquinar is spelled E-S-Q-U-I-N-A-R (8 letters). Esquinar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to corner; skew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does esquinar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to corner; skew

  2. 2

    to cut at an angle; facet

  3. 3

    to turn a corner

  4. 4

    informalto flee; sneak away

  5. 5

    to get a little drunk

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of esquinar

  • esquino first-person present singular
  • esquinei first-person preterite singular
  • esquinado participle past
  • esquinares infinitive second-person singular
  • esquinarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • esquinardes infinitive plural second-person
  • esquinarem infinitive plural third-person
  • esquinando gerund
  • esquinados masculine participle past
  • esquinada feminine participle past
  • esquinadas feminine participle past
  • esquinas indicative present second-person
  • esquina indicative present singular
  • esquinamos first-person indicative plural
  • esquinais indicative plural present
  • esquinam indicative plural present
  • esquinava first-person imperfect indicative
  • esquinavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce esquinar?

  • Brazil /is.kiˈna(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [is.kiˈna(h)]
  • Brazil /es.kiˈna(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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