escocer

• escozer (reintegrationist)

From Vulgar Latin *excocēre, from Latin excoquere.

• IPA^(key): [eskoˈθeɾ], (western) [eskoˈseɾ]

escocer (first-person singular present escozo, first-person singular preterite escocín, past participle escocido)

1. to boil briefly

• cocer

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escocer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escocer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escocer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Latin excoquere, from ex + coquō.

• IPA^(key): /eskoˈθeɾ/ [es.koˈθeɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /eskoˈseɾ/ [es.koˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: es‧co‧cer

escocer (first-person singular present escuezo, first-person singular preterite escocí, past participle escocido)

1. to sting, to smart
2. to irritate; get up someone's nose
3. (pronominal) to chafe (get sore)

   Synonyms: cocerse, escaldarse

• “escocer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025