escarmenar
Spanish, verb/eskaɾmeˈnaɾ/
escarmenar is spelled E-S-C-A-R-M-E-N-A-R (10 letters). Escarmenar is a Spanish verb meaning “to comb (wool)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de carmenar”.
What does escarmenar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to comb (wool)
- 2
to punish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Variante de carmenar. 2. Escoger y apartar el mineral de entre las tierras o escombros. 3. Estafar poco a poco. 4. Castigar a uno por travieso quitándole el dinero u otras cosas de que puede usar mal.
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 escarmenar
- escarmeno first-person present singular
- escarmené first-person preterite singular
- escarmenado participle past
- escarmenando gerund
- escarmenada feminine participle past
- escarmenados masculine participle past
- escarmenadas feminine participle past
- escarmenas indicative informal present
- escarmenás indicative informal present
- escarmena indicative present singular
- escarmenamos first-person indicative plural
- escarmenáis indicative plural present
- escarmenan indicative plural present
- escarmenaba first-person imperfect indicative
- escarmenabas imperfect indicative second-person
- escarmenábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- escarmenabais imperfect indicative plural
- escarmenaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarmenar?
- /eskaɾmeˈnaɾ/
- [es.kaɾ.meˈnaɾ]
- [eskaɾmeˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.