escarmiento

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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
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

escarmiento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escarmentar

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