escama

See also: escamá

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin squāma (“scale”).

Noun

escama f (plural escames)

1. scale (of a fish)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin squāma. Doublet of esquama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈka.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈka.ma]

Noun

escama f (plural escames)

1. scale (of an animal or insect)

   Synonym: escata

2. (botany) scale

   Synonym: esquama

Further reading

• “escama” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “escama”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “escama” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “escama” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin squāmam, accusative of squāma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈka.ma]

Noun

escama f (plural escamas)

1. scale (of a fish or reptile)
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, 56v.

     […] ca alli a una laguna q́ ſe tiene có la. en q́ a unos peces tamannos como un palmo. ¬ no an eſcama níguna.

     […] for in that place there is a pool in which there are large fish, the size of a handspan, and they have no scales whatsoever.

Descendants

• Spanish: escama

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escama, from Latin squāma (“scale”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ama

Noun

escama f (plural escamas)

1. scale (clarification of this definition is needed)

Related terms

• escamado
• escamar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkama/ [esˈka.ma]

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish escama, from Latin squāma. Cognate with English squama and squame.

Noun

escama f (plural escamas)

1. scale (of a fish or reptile)
2. flake (of dead skin)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

escama

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of escamar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of escamar.

Related terms

• escamoso

Further reading

• “escama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014