escarmentar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kər.mənˈta]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.kaɾ.menˈtaɾ]
=== Verb ===
escarmentar (first-person singular present escarmento, first-person singular preterite escarmentí, past participle escarmentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
(transitive) to punish, to teach a lesson to
(pronominal) to learn one's lesson
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“escarmentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“escarmentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“escarmentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: es‧car‧men‧tar
=== Verb ===
escarmentar (first-person singular present escarmento, first-person singular preterite escarmentei, past participle escarmentado)
(transitive) to reprehend, to rebuke, to reprove
Synonyms: repreender, castigar, traquejar
(reflexive) to learn by reprehension; to regret
Synonym: arrepender
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
escarmento
escárnio
=== Further reading ===
“escarmentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“escarmentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From 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)
to punish severely, reprimand, rebuke
Synonyms: retar, regañar, reñir, increpar
to learn a lesson
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“escarmentar”, 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