escatimar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish escatimar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kə.tiˈma] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.ka.tiˈmaɾ] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === escatimar (first-person singular present escatimo, first-person singular preterite escatimí, past participle escatimat) to use sparingly, to skimp Synonym: escassejar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “escatimar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “escatimar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “escatimar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Galician == === Etymology === Unknown. From Old Galician-Portuguese escatimar (13th century). The Germanic etymology proposed by Coromines is unsustainable, according to Ramón Lorenzo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [eskɑtiˈmaɾ] === Verb === escatimar (first-person singular present escatimo, first-person singular preterite escatimei, past participle escatimado) (transitive) to use sparingly, to skimp, to scrimp (transitive, dated) to despise; to offend; to skimp (pronominal, dated) to take offense ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== escatima escatimado escatimadamente === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “escatimar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “escatimar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escatimar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “escatimar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escatimar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escatimar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escatimar, a loan from Old Spanish escatimar. Cognate with Galician and Spanish escatimar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: es‧ca‧ti‧mar === Verb === escatimar (first-person singular present escatimo, first-person singular preterite escatimei, past participle escatimado) (transitive) to deprive through fraud; defraud to insult; offend to adulterate ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “escatimar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “escatimar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*skattjan); compare 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌾𐌰 (skattja). Related to German Schatz (“treasure”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskatiˈmaɾ/ [es.ka.t̪iˈmaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: es‧ca‧ti‧mar === Verb === escatimar (first-person singular present escatimo, first-person singular preterite escatimé, past participle escatimado) to use sparingly, to skimp (intransitive) to scrimp, to stint, to cut corners ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: escatimar ==== See also ==== regatear === Further reading === “escatimar”, 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