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escurrir

/eskuˈriɾ/

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verb/eskuˈriɾ/

to drain, to strain; to wring; to slip away, escape

Escurrió la camisa y la tendió a secar.She wrung out the shirt and hung it out to dry.

Inherited from Old Spanish escorrer, from Latin excurrere (whence English excursion). Cf. also Portuguese escorrer, Asturian escorrer, Galician escorrentar.

verb/eskuˈriɾ/

to accompany someone out to say goodbye

Inherited from Old Spanish escurrir, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, cognate with Italian scorgere (“to see, notice; guide, escort”).