escarmiento
Spanish
Etymology
Apocope of escarnimiento, from Old Spanish escarnir (“to mock”), from Vulgar Latin *scarniō, from a hypothetical Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*skairnjan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskaɾˈmjento/ [es.kaɾˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: es‧car‧mien‧to
Noun
escarmiento m (plural escarmientos)
- punishment
- Synonyms: condena, pena, castigo
- warning, lesson
Related terms
- escarmentar
Verb
escarmiento
- first-person singular present indicative of escarmentar
Further reading
- “escarmiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014