escarmento

Portuguese, noun/is.kaʁˈmẽ.tu/

escarmento is spelled E-S-C-A-R-M-E-N-T-O (10 letters). Escarmento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “punishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of escarmentar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “castigo, punição”.

What does escarmento mean in English?

noun

1
masculinepunishment
2
masculinewarning, lesson

verb

1
first-person singular present indicative of escarmentar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. castigo, punição 2. repreensão, pito 3. desilusão

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 escarmento

escarmentos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce escarmento?

Brazil /is.kaʁˈmẽ.tu/
Brazil [is.kaɦˈmẽ.tu]
Brazil /es.kaʁˈmẽ.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.