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escort

escort

noun es-KORT Rare
People & Society Work

Origin: Borrowed directly from English escort.

Usage Note

Escort is a loanword used in Spanish primarily as a euphemism for a high-end sex worker or paid companion. This is its dominant sense in contemporary Spanish media and everyday use — the English sense of a formal bodyguard escort is covered instead by escolta (masculine or feminine). As a borrowed word it is typically invariable in form: el escort, la escort, los escort. Learners should be aware of the semantic narrowing relative to English.

Examples

"El periódico publicó un artículo sobre el sector escort."

Natural Translation

The newspaper published an article about the escort sector.

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