Polyglot Dictionary

escoria

/esˈkoɾja/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
escorias

Meaning

  1. dregs

    • Lo trataron como escoria.

      They treated him like scum.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

hez

hez, usually plural "heces," means dregs or sediment, and also literally means "feces," a false-friend trap; escoria means slag or dregs figuratively, like worthless people, "the scum of society."

Practice

1 What does escoria mean?

2 Fill the gap: Lo trataron como ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches escoria?

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