esgrimir

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Frankish, compare Spanish esgrimir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əz.ɡɾiˈmi] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ez.ɣɾiˈmiɾ] === Verb === esgrimir (first-person singular present esgrimeixo, first-person singular preterite esgrimí, past participle esgrimit) (transitive) to brandish (a weapon) (figurative, transitive) to propose; to put forward (arguments) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== esgrima esgrimidor === Further reading === “esgrimir”, 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 “esgrimir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “esgrimir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Portuguese == === Etymology === From esgrima +‎ -ir. === Pronunciation === === Verb === esgrimir (first-person singular present esgrimo, first-person singular preterite esgrimi, past participle esgrimido) to fight with a bladed weapon (transitive) to brandish (a weapon) threateningly (sports, intransitive) to fence (to engage in the sport of fencing) (figurative, transitive) to propose; to put forward (arguments) (figurative, intransitive) to discuss ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “esgrimir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “esgrimir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “esgrimir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Old Occitan escremir, from Frankish *skermjan, from Proto-Germanic *skirmjan. Compare English skirmish. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esɡɾiˈmiɾ/ [ez.ɣ̞ɾiˈmiɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Syllabification: es‧gri‧mir === Verb === esgrimir (first-person singular present esgrimo, first-person singular preterite esgrimí, past participle esgrimido) to brandish (a weapon) Synonym: blandir (sports) to fence (figurative) to use; to put forward (an argument) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “esgrimir”, 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