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escobén

Spanish, noun

escobén is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hawse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, escoben is a different word: “third-person plural present subjunctive”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Orificio en el casco del buque, por el que pasa el cable o cadena del ancla”.

What does escobén mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehawse

verb

as escoben
  1. 1

    third-person plural present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person plural imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Orificio en el casco del buque, por el que pasa el cable o cadena del ancla.

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 escobén

  • escobenes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).