escarmentar

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əs.kəɾ.mənˈta/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əs.kər.mənˈta/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /es.kaɾ.menˈtaɾ/

Verb

escarmentar (first-person singular present escarmento, past participle escarmentat)

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Conjugation

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: es‧car‧men‧tar

Verb

escarmentar (first-person singular present escarmento, first-person singular preterite escarmentei, past participle escarmentado)

  1. (transitive) to reprehend, to rebuke, to reprove
    Synonyms: repreender, castigar, traquejar
  2. (reflexive) to learn by reprehension; to regret
    Synonym: arrepender

Conjugation

  • escarmento

Spanish

Etymology

From Spanish escarmiento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskaɾmenˈtaɾ/ [es.kaɾ.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧car‧men‧tar

Verb

escarmentar (first-person singular present escarmiento, first-person singular preterite escarmenté, past participle escarmentado)

  1. to punish severly, reprimand, rebuke
    Synonyms: retar, regañar, reñir, increpar
  2. to learn a lesson

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ninguno escarmienta en cabeza ajena

Further reading

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