escurrir

Meaning

  1. to drain, to strain
  2. to wring
  3. (reflexive) to slip away, escape

Hyphenated as
es‧cu‧rrir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/eskuˈriɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish escorrer, from Latin excurrere (whence English excursion). Cf. also Portuguese escorrer, Asturian escorrer, Galician escorrentar.

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