escoltar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre. Doublet of auscultar, a borrowing from Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əs.kulˈta] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.kolˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.kolˈtaɾ] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escoltí, past participle escoltat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/ (transitive) to listen to, to pay attention to (transitive, figurative) to heed, to mind, to obey No m'escoltis pas! ― Don't mind me! ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “escoltar”, 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 “escoltar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian scortare. === Pronunciation === === Verb === escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escoltei, past participle escoltado) to escort (to guard someone or something as they go somewhere) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “escoltar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “escoltar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “escoltar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian scortare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskolˈtaɾ/ [es.kol̪ˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: es‧col‧tar === Verb === escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escolté, past participle escoltado) (transitive) to escort ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “escoltar”, 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