escaramuza

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eskaɾaˈmuθa/ [es.ka.ɾaˈmu.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /eskaɾaˈmusa/ [es.ka.ɾaˈmu.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -uθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra‧mu‧za

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian scaramuccia. Compare English skirmish.

Noun

escaramuza f (plural escaramuzas)

1. skirmish (a brief battle between small groups)

Derived terms

• escaramuzar

 

Related terms

• esgrima
• esgrimir

 

Etymology 2

Verb

escaramuza

1. inflection of escaramuzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “escaramuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014