escarceo
Spanish, noun/eskaɾˈθeo/
escarceo is spelled E-S-C-A-R-C-E-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 170,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escarceo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hook up, rambling, love affair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Movimiento en la superficie del mar, con pequeñas olas ampolladas que se levantan en los parajes en que hay…”.
What does escarceo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehook up, rambling, love affair
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Movimiento en la superficie del mar, con pequeñas olas ampolladas que se levantan en los parajes en que hay corrientes. 2. Rodeo, divagación. 3. Tornos y vueltas que dan los caballos cuando están fogosos o cuando el jinete a ello los obliga.
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 escarceo
- escarceos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarceo?
- /eskaɾˈθeo/
- [es.kaɾˈθe.o]
- /eskaɾˈseo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escarceo in Spanish?
escarceo appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).