escamotear
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
escamotar
=== Etymology ===
From French escamoter.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
escamotear (first-person singular present escamoteio, first-person singular preterite escamoteei, past participle escamoteado)
refers to actions performed without the agent being noticed, including:
to hide, to conceal
to steal
to leave a place
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“escamotear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“escamotear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French escamoter.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eskamoteˈaɾ/ [es.ka.mo.t̪eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: es‧ca‧mo‧te‧ar
=== Verb ===
escamotear (first-person singular present escamoteo, first-person singular preterite escamoteé, past participle escamoteado)
to swipe, pilfer, palm
to do out of
to make disappear, make vanish (sleight of hand)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“escamotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025