Galician

Noun

escravo m ‎(plural escravos, feminine escrava, feminine plural escravas)

1. slave

Related terms

• escravitude
• escravizar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• iscravo (eye-dialect)

Etymology

Borrowing from Medieval Latin sclavus ‎(“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus ‎(“a Slav”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος ‎(Sklábos), probably from earlier Σλαβῆνος ‎(Slabênos), from plural Σλαβῆνοι ‎(Slabênoi), from Proto-Slavic *slověne. Doublet of eslavo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃ.ˈkɾa.vu/
• Hyphenation: es‧cra‧vo
• Rhymes: -avu

Noun

escravo m (plural escravos, feminine escrava, feminine plural escravas)

1. slave

Related terms

• escravidão
• escravizar