Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• escrivir

Verb

escrever

1. to write
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 251 (facsimile):

     & tan toſte o mandou Eſcreuer

     and had it quickly written down

Descendants

• Fala: escribil (via escrivir)
• Galician: escribir (via escrivir)
• Portuguese: escrever

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese escrever, escrivir, from Latin scrībere, present active infinitive of scrībō ‎(“I write”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ- ‎(“to write”).

Cognate with Galician and Spanish escribir, Catalan and Occitan escriure, French écrire, Italian scrivere, Romanian scrie and English shrive.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kɾe.ˈveɾ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɾɨ.ˈveɾ/

Verb

escrever ‎(first-person singular present indicative escrevo, past participle escrito)

1. to write (to form letters, etc.)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:escrever.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• escrever à máquina