verb/eskoˈθeɾ/
to sting, to smart; to irritate; get up someone's nose; to chafe (get sore)
Synonyms: cocerse, escaldarse
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Latin *quoquō Latin coquō Latin excoquō Old Spanish escozer Spanish escocer Inherited from Old Spanish escozer, from Latin excoquere (“to boil, melt”). Equivalent to es- + cocer.