escrever

Meaning

to write (to form letters, etc.)

Hyphenated as

es‧cre‧ver

Pronounced as (IPA)

/is.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escrever, escrivir, from Latin scrībere (“to write”), from Proto-Italic *skreiβō, 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.

Sentences

Eu vou começar a escrever histórias .

I'm going to start writing stories.

Agora que expliquei o título , passo a escrever o livro .

Now that I have explained the title, I move on to writing the book.

Eu suponho que você poderia escrever os números verticalmente .

I suppose you could write the numbers vertically.

Melhor escrever com bueiros brutos .

Better to write with raw manholes.

Escrever projetos e outros documentos técnicos em relação às obras executadas nos serviços territoriais .

Write projects and other technical documents in relation to the works performed in the territorial services.