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escanciar

/eskanˈθjaɾ/

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verb/eskanˈθjaɾ/

to pour cider by raising the bottle over one's head and into the glass held tilted by one's waist

Related: escanciado, escanciador

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną, probably via Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*skankjan). Cognate with German schenken (“to pour, give as a present”), Dutch schenken (“to pour, give as a present”), English shink (“to pour”), Portuguese escanção.