escarmiento

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

escarmiento m (plural escarmientos)

1. punishment

   Synonyms: condena, pena, castigo

2. warning, lesson

Related terms

• escarmentar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

escarmiento

1. first-person singular present indicative of escarmentar

Further reading

• “escarmiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16