escaramuzar
Spanish, verb/eskaɾamuˈθaɾ/
escaramuzar is spelled E-S-C-A-R-A-M-U-Z-A-R (11 letters). Escaramuzar is a Spanish verb meaning “to skirmish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tener una riña o combate de poca importancia”.
What does escaramuzar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to skirmish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener una riña o combate de poca importancia. 2. Tener un enfrentamiento a caballo, acometiendo y huyendo por turnos, picando y evadiendo al contrario a un lado y otro. 3. Referido a una cabalgadura, moverse de un lado a otro como en el tipo de enfrentamiento de la escaramuza₂.
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 escaramuzar
- escaramuzo first-person present singular
- escaramucé first-person preterite singular
- escaramuzado participle past
- c-z alternation
- escaramuzando gerund
- escaramuzada feminine participle past
- escaramuzados masculine participle past
- escaramuzadas feminine participle past
- escaramuzas indicative informal present
- escaramuzás indicative informal present
- escaramuza indicative present singular
- escaramuzamos first-person indicative plural
- escaramuzáis indicative plural present
- escaramuzan indicative plural present
- escaramuzaba first-person imperfect indicative
- escaramuzabas imperfect indicative second-person
- escaramuzábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- escaramuzabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escaramuzar?
- /eskaɾamuˈθaɾ/
- [es.ka.ɾa.muˈθaɾ]
- /eskaɾamuˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escaramuzar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.