escarmiento
Meaning
escarmentar
- to punish severely, reprimand, rebuke
- to learn a lesson
Concepts
deterrent example
lesso
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Hyphenated as
es‧car‧mien‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/eskaɾˈmjento/
Etymology
Apocope of escarnimiento, from Old Spanish escarnir (“to mock”), from Vulgar Latin *scarniō, from a hypothetical Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*skairnjan).
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