escocés

/eskoˈθes/ · B2 · adj

Scottish

🥃 es + Scots + -és: Spanish puts an e before sc, as in escuela

Escocés comes from Escocia (Scotland), from Latin Scotus. Spanish adds an e before an initial sc-, and -és is the nationality ending used in inglés and francés. It is common in whisky escocés, Scotch whisky.

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