escarmentar
Portuguese, verb/is.kaʁ.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
escarmentar is spelled E-S-C-A-R-M-E-N-T-A-R (11 letters). Escarmentar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to reprehend, to rebuke, to reprove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “castigar, punir”.
What does escarmentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reprehend, to rebuke, to reprove
- 2
to learn by reprehension; to regret
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. castigar, punir 2. repreender 3. informar via escarmento
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escarmentar
- escarmento first-person present singular
- escarmentei first-person preterite singular
- escarmentado participle past
- escarmentares infinitive second-person singular
- escarmentarmos first-person infinitive plural
- escarmentardes infinitive plural second-person
- escarmentarem infinitive plural third-person
- escarmentando gerund
- escarmentados masculine participle past
- escarmentada feminine participle past
- escarmentadas feminine participle past
- escarmentas indicative present second-person
- escarmenta indicative present singular
- escarmentamos first-person indicative plural
- escarmentais indicative plural present
- escarmentam indicative plural present
- escarmentava first-person imperfect indicative
- escarmentavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarmentar?
- Brazil /is.kaʁ.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.kaɦ.mẽˈta(h)]
- Brazil /es.kaʁ.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.