escaramuza

== Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaɾaˈmuθa/ [es.ka.ɾaˈmu.θa] (Spain) IPA(key): /eskaɾaˈmusa/ [es.ka.ɾaˈmu.sa] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -uθa (Spain) Rhymes: -usa (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra‧mu‧za === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian scaramuccia. Compare English skirmish. ==== Noun ==== escaramuza f (plural escaramuzas) skirmish (a brief battle between small groups) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== escaramuza inflection of escaramuzar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “escaramuza”, 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