escarpa
Spanish, noun
escarpa is spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 112,257th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escarpa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “escarpment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of escarpar. With an accent, escarpá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of escarpar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Declive áspero de cualquier terreno”.
What does escarpa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineescarpment
- 2
Mexicofemininesidewalk
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of escarpar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Declive áspero de cualquier terreno. 2. Superficie exterior de un muro inclinado en talud. 3. La cantidad que una pared se levanta apartada de la plomada, formando con el suelo un ángulo que no pase de 135 grados; si pasare, se llamará glacis.
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 escarpa
- escarpas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to escarpa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escarpa in Spanish?
escarpa appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).