esquema

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əsˈke̞.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əsˈke.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˈkɛ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [esˈke.ma]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: es‧que‧ma

Noun

esquema m (plural esquemes)

1. sketch
2. outline (a general description, a summarizing statement)

Related terms

• esquemàtic
• esquematitzar

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “esquema”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “esquema” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “esquema”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “esquema”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma)der.

Latin schēmalbor.

Galician esquema

Learned borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkɛma/ [es̺ˈkɛ.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
• IPA^(key): /esˈkema/ [es̺ˈke.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: es‧que‧ma

Noun

esquema m (plural esquemas)

1. scheme

Related terms

• esquemático
• esquematizar

Further reading

• “esquema”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma)der.

Latin schēmalbor.

Portuguese esquema

Learned borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkẽ.mɐ/, /esˈkẽ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkẽ.mɐ/, /esˈkẽ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkẽ.mɐ/, /eʃˈkẽ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈke.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -emɐ, (most of Brazil) -ẽmɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ema
• Hyphenation: es‧que‧ma

Noun

esquema m (plural esquemas)

1. scheme
   1. orderly combination of related parts
   2. chart or diagram
   3. secret, devious plan

Related terms

• esquemático
• esquematização
• esquematizar

Descendants

• → Tetum: eskema

Further reading

• “esquema”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “esquema” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “esquema”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “esquema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma)der.

Latin schēmalbor.

Spanish esquema

Learned borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkema/ [esˈke.ma]

• Audio (Chile):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: es‧que‧ma

Noun

esquema m (plural esquemas)

1. outline (a general description, a summarizing statement)
2. scheme (combination of related parts)
3. scheme (a plot or plan involving devious action)
4. schema, framework
5. schematic
6. diagram, sketch

Hyponyms

• esquema de color (“color scheme”)
• esquema de pirámide, esquema piramidal (“pyramid scheme”)
• esquema Ponzi (“Ponzi scheme”)

Related terms

• esquemático
• esquematizar

Further reading

• “esquema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026