escamoteo
Spanish, noun
escamoteo is spelled E-S-C-A-M-O-T-E-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish, the 236,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escamoteo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sleight of hand, legerdemain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of escamotear. With an accent, escamoteó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of escamotear”.
What does escamoteo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesleight of hand, legerdemain
- 2
masculineswiping; lifting
- 3
masculinetrick
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of escamotear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of escamotear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of escamoteo
- escamoteos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to escamoteo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escamoteo in Spanish?
escamoteo appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).