escata

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *scatta, attested as scatus, squato and squatam, of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈka.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈka.ta]

escata f (plural escates)

1. scale (of an animal or insect)

   Synonym: escama

• esquama

• “escata”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “escata”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

escata

1. inflection of escatar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *scatta, attested as scatus, squato and squatam, of unknown origin.

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escata f (plural escatas)

1. scale (of an animal, etc.)
2. (by extension) link (in armor)

• (scale): escama

• escatar