escaramuza
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskaɾaˈmuθa/ [es.ka.ɾaˈmu.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /eskaɾaˈmusa/ [es.ka.ɾaˈmu.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -uθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -usa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra‧mu‧za
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian scaramuccia. Compare English skirmish.
Noun
escaramuza f (plural escaramuzas)
- skirmish (a brief battle between small groups)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
escaramuza
- inflection of escaramuzar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “escaramuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024