escampar
Spanish, verb/eskamˈpaɾ/
escampar is spelled E-S-C-A-M-P-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 213,186th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escampar is a Spanish verb meaning “to clear (to stop raining)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Retirar de un lugar aquello que lo ocupa o impide el paso”.
What does escampar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clear (to stop raining)
- 2
to stop, to cease (doing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Retirar de un lugar aquello que lo ocupa o impide el paso.
verb: 1. Abandonar o interrumpir una tarea o esfuerzo.
verb: 1. En particular, cesar de llover y abrirse las nubes en el cielo. 2. Ponerse a cubierto de la lluvia.
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 escampar
- escampo first-person present singular
- escampé first-person preterite singular
- escampado participle past
- escampando gerund
- escampada feminine participle past
- escampados masculine participle past
- escampadas feminine participle past
- escampas indicative informal present
- escampás indicative informal present
- escampa indicative present singular
- escampamos first-person indicative plural
- escampáis indicative plural present
- escampan indicative plural present
- escampaba first-person imperfect indicative
- escampabas imperfect indicative second-person
- escampábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- escampabais imperfect indicative plural
- escampaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escampar?
- /eskamˈpaɾ/
- [es.kãmˈpaɾ]
- [eskãmˈpaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escampar in Spanish?
escampar appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).