escoria
Spanish, noun
escoria is spelled E-S-C-O-R-I-A (7 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escoria is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “slag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of escoriar. With an accent, escoriá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of escoriar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sustancia vítrea que sobrenada en el crisol de los hornos de fundir metales, que emana de los residuos”.
What does escoria mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslag
- 2
femininescum
- 3
femininescoria
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of escoriar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sustancia vítrea que sobrenada en el crisol de los hornos de fundir metales, que emana de los residuos. 2. Fragmentos que suelta el hierro cendente a los martillazos. 3. Lava viscosa y permeable que segregan los volcanes. 4. Cosa o persona vil y detestable.
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 escoria
- escorias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to escoria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escoria in Spanish?
escoria appears 3.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).