escribir

== Aragonese == === Alternative forms === escrebir escriure (directly from Classical Latin scrībere) === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskɾiˈbi(ɾ)/ Syllabification: es‧cri‧bir Rhymes: -i(ɾ) === Verb === escribir to write ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “escribir”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish) == Asturian == === Alternative forms === escrebir (obsolete) === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskɾiˈbiɾ/ [es.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Syllabification: es‧cri‧bir === Verb === escribir to write ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== escritor escritu escritura == Galician == === Alternative forms === escrebir escrever (reintegrationist) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese escrivir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere. Distant cognate of English shrive. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskɾiˈbiɾ/ [es̺.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Hyphenation: es‧cri‧bir === Verb === escribir (first-person singular present escribo, first-person singular preterite escribín, past participle escrito) to write ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== escribán escritura === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “escrivir”, 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), “escribir”, 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), “escribir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escribir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escribir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Alternative forms === escrebir, escriuir, escreuir (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish escrivir, from Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskɾiˈbiɾ/ [es.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Syllabification: es‧cri‧bir === Verb === escribir (first-person singular present escribo, first-person singular preterite escribí, past participle escrito or (Argentina and Uruguay) escripto) (intransitive or transitive) to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate) Synonyms: redactar, (Belize) raitiar (intransitive or transitive) to write (to) someone (a letter, etc.) Escríbeme cuando puedas. ― Write (to) me when you can. (transitive or ditransitive) to write someone something Escríbele una carta a Papá Noel. ― Write a letter to Santa Claus. (transitive) to write (to be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.)) (intransitive) to write (to be an author) (intransitive or transitive) to type (on a phone or computer keyboard) (transitive or ditransitive) to text (colloquial, reflexive) to chat regularly with someone on social media Synonym: hablar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “escribir”, 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