escrever

• escrivir

From Latin scrībere, present active infinitive of scrībō (“I write”), from Proto-Italic *skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ- (“to write”).

Cognate with Old French escrivre and Old Spanish escrivir.

• IPA^(key): /es̺.kɾe.ˈβeɾ/

escrever

1. to write
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 251 (facsimile):

     & tan toſte o mandou Eſcreuer

     and had it quickly written down

• Fala: escribil
• Galician: escribir
• Portuguese: escrever
  • Annobonese: skeve
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: skirbi
  • Kabuverdianu: skrebi
  • Papiamentu: skirbi

From Old Portuguese escrever, escrivir, from Latin scrībere, present active infinitive of scrībō (“I write”), from Proto-Italic *skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ- (“to write”).

Cognate with Galician and Spanish escribir, Catalan and Occitan escriure, French écrire, Italian scrivere, Romanian scrie and English shrive.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kɾe.ˈveɾ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɾɨ.ˈveɾ/

escrever (first-person singular present indicative escrevo, past participle escrito)

1. to write (to form letters, etc.)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:escrever.

• escrever à máquina

• Annobonese: skeve
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: skirbi
• Kabuverdianu: skrebi
• Papiamentu: skirbi