escamar
Spanish, verb/eskaˈmaɾ/
escamar is spelled E-S-C-A-M-A-R (7 letters). Escamar is a Spanish verb meaning “to remove the scales from” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar las escamas a los peces”.
What does escamar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remove the scales from
- 2
to make distrustful
- 3
colloquialto frighten
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitar las escamas a los peces. 2. Labrar en figura de escamas. 3. Hacer que uno entre en cuidado, recelo o desconfianza.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escamar
- escamo first-person present singular
- escamé first-person preterite singular
- escamado participle past
- escamando gerund
- escamada feminine participle past
- escamados masculine participle past
- escamadas feminine participle past
- escamas indicative informal present
- escamás indicative informal present
- escama indicative present singular
- escamamos first-person indicative plural
- escamáis indicative plural present
- escaman indicative plural present
- escamaba first-person imperfect indicative
- escamabas imperfect indicative second-person
- escamábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- escamabais imperfect indicative plural
- escamaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escamar?
- /eskaˈmaɾ/
- [es.kaˈmaɾ]
- [eskaˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.