escárnio
Portuguese, noun/isˈkaʁ.nju/
escárnio is spelled E-S-C-Á-R-N-I-O (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,500th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escárnio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scorn, derision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “zombaria”.
What does escárnio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescorn, derision
O escárnio é o alimento dos tolos.
- 2
masculinecontempt, disdain
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zombaria 2. menosprezo, desdém
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 escárnio
- escárnios plural
- escarnho alternative dated dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escárnio?
- Brazil /isˈkaʁ.nju/
- Brazil [isˈkaɦ.nju]
- Brazil /esˈkaʁ.nju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escárnio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escárnio in Portuguese?
escárnio appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).