escarpe
Spanish, noun
escarpe is spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escarpe is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “A sabaton, a piece of medieval armour that covers the foot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of escarpar. With an accent, escarpé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of escarpar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Escarpadura”.
What does escarpe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA sabaton, a piece of medieval armour that covers the foot.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of escarpar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Escarpadura 2. 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. 3. Corte oblicuo que se da a un madero para empalmarlo en otro. 4. Igual significado que la acepción precedente.
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 escarpe
- escarpes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to escarpe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escarpe in Spanish?
escarpe appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).