Jump to content

escarmiento

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Spanish

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /eskaɾˈmjento/ [es.kaɾˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: es‧car‧mien‧to

Etymology 1

[edit]

Apocope of escarnimiento, from Old Spanish escarnir (to mock), from Vulgar Latin *scarniō, from a hypothetical Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*skairnjan).

Noun

[edit]

escarmiento m (plural escarmientos)

  1. punishment
    Synonyms: condena, pena, castigo
  2. warning, lesson
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

escarmiento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escarmentar

Further reading

[edit]