escarmiento
التعريفات والمعاني
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eskaɾˈmjento/ [es.kaɾˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ento
Syllabification: es‧car‧mien‧to
=== Etymology 1 ===
Apocope of escarnimiento, from Old Spanish escarnir (“to mock”), from Vulgar Latin *scarniō, from a hypothetical Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*skairnjan).
==== Noun ====
escarmiento m (plural escarmientos)
punishment
Synonyms: condena, pena, castigo
warning, lesson
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
escarmiento
first-person singular present indicative of escarmentar
=== Further reading ===
“escarmiento”, 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