esquila

== Catalan == === Verb === esquila inflection of esquilar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Galician == === Noun === esquila f (plural esquilas) shrimp (crangon vulgaris) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from esquilar. ==== Noun ==== esquila f (plural esquilas) (regional) shear (the act of shearing an animal) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== esquila inflection of esquilar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== esquila f (plural esquilas) female equivalent of esquilo === Further reading === “esquila”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “esquila”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈkila/ [esˈki.la] Rhymes: -ila Syllabification: es‧qui‧la === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌰 (*skilla), perhaps via Old Occitan esquila, from Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”), from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (“to sound; resound; ring”). Cognate with Catalan esquella. ==== Noun ==== esquila f (plural esquilas) A kind of small bell or cowbell. Synonym: cencerro === Etymology 2 === Deverbal from esquilar. ==== Noun ==== esquila f (plural esquilas) shearing Synonym: esquileo === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Latin squilla. ==== Noun ==== esquila f (plural esquilas) shrimp Synonym: camarón sea onion Synonym: cebolla albarrana === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== esquila inflection of esquilar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “esquila”, 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