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escarnir

Portuguese, verb/is.kaʁˈni(ʁ)/

escarnir is spelled E-S-C-A-R-N-I-R (8 letters). Escarnir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to mock; to make fun of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does escarnir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to mock; to make fun of

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

Forms of escarnir

  • escarno first-person present singular
  • escarni first-person preterite singular
  • escarnido participle past
  • escarnires infinitive second-person singular
  • escarnirmos first-person infinitive plural
  • escarnirdes infinitive plural second-person
  • escarnirem infinitive plural third-person
  • escarnindo gerund
  • escarnidos masculine participle past
  • escarnida feminine participle past
  • escarnidas feminine participle past
  • escarnes indicative present second-person
  • escarne indicative present singular
  • escarnimos first-person indicative plural
  • escarnis indicative plural present
  • escarnem indicative plural present
  • escarnia first-person imperfect indicative
  • escarnias imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce escarnir?

  • Brazil /is.kaʁˈni(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [is.kaɦˈni(h)]
  • Brazil /es.kaʁˈni(ʁ)/

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

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