sgraffito

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Borrowed from Italian sgraffito, from s- (“out”) + graffito (past participle of graffire), ultimately from Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to write or scratch”).

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: esgrafiat — technique where the top layer is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer
• Czech: sgrafito — technique where the top layer is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer
• French: sgraffite — technique where the top layer is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer
• Galician: esgrafito — technique where the top layer is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer
• German: Sgraffito — technique where the top layer is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer
• Māori: toi rapirapi — technique where the top layer is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer
• Portuguese: esgrafito — technique where the top layer is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer
• Portuguese: sgraffito — technique where the top layer is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer
• Spanish: esgrafiado — technique where the top layer is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer
• Catalan: esgrafiar — to produce a design using this technique
• Galician: esgrafiar — to produce a design using this technique
• Portuguese: esgrafiar — to produce a design using this technique
• Portuguese: esgrafitar — to produce a design using this technique
• Spanish: esgrafiar — to produce a design using this technique