escafandra

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəˈfan.dɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.kaˈfan.dɾa] Rhymes: -andɾa === Noun === escafandra f (plural escafandres) alternative form of escafandre == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French scaphandre, from Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, “boat”) and ἀνδρός (andrós, “man”). Term first used in French in 1775 by Jean-Baptiste de la Chappelle. Cognate with Portuguese escafandro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaˈfandɾa/ [es.kaˈfãn̪.d̪ɾa] Rhymes: -andɾa Syllabification: es‧ca‧fan‧dra === Noun === escafandra f (plural escafandras) diving suit ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “escafandra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025