"escola" meaning in Portuguese

See escola in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /isˈkɔ.lɐ/ [Brazil], /esˈkɔ.lɐ/ [Brazil], /isˈkɔ.lɐ/ [Brazil], /esˈkɔ.lɐ/ [Brazil], /iʃˈkɔ.lɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], /eʃˈkɔ.lɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], /esˈkɔ.la/ [Southern-Brazil], /(i)ʃˈkɔ.lɐ/ [Portugal], /isˈkɔ.la/ [Northeast-Brazil] Forms: escolas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔlɐ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese escola, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”). The Portuguese form may indicate a semi-learned influence on the phonetic aspects of the word. Etymology templates: {{root|pt|ine-pro|*seǵʰ-}}, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|escola}} Old Galician-Portuguese escola, {{der|pt|la|schola}} Latin schola, {{der|pt|grc|σχολή|t=spare time, leisure}} Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} escola f (plural escolas)
  1. school (institution dedicated to teaching and learning) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-escola-pt-noun-AHyfV7Ff Categories (other): Education Disambiguation of Education: 37 0 4 15 44 0
  2. school (an art movement) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-escola-pt-noun--~UqMx1m Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Buildings Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 8 57 14 9 5 8 Disambiguation of Buildings: 19 43 21 7 5 5
  3. school (the followers of a particular doctrine) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-escola-pt-noun-LWK4rnNC
  4. school, college (department or institute dedicated to a specific subject area) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-escola-pt-noun-nBnttNjZ Categories (other): Education Disambiguation of Education: 37 0 4 15 44 0
  5. method or system of teaching Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-escola-pt-noun-SILQrR4f Categories (other): Education Disambiguation of Education: 37 0 4 15 44 0
  6. (figurative) experience Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-escola-pt-noun-U-XnxaiE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autoescola, escola básica, escola de samba, escola primária, escola profissional, escola secundária, escolágio, escolinha [diminutive], jardim-escola Related terms: escolar

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "teaching",
          "teaching"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "experience"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) experience"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/isˈkɔ.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈkɔ.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/isˈkɔ.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈkɔ.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iʃˈkɔ.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eʃˈkɔ.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈkɔ.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(i)ʃˈkɔ.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/isˈkɔ.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Northeast-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔlɐ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pt:escola"
  ],
  "word": "escola"
}

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