Polyglot Dictionary

escarnecer

/iskaɾneˈseɾ/

verb C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
escarneço
preterite (eu)
escarneci
past participle
escarnecido

Meaning

  1. to mock

    • Escarneceram dele.

      They mocked him.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

zombar

escarnecer is more formal or literary; zombar is the everyday word — both mean "to mock."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

mofar

mofar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to mock."

French

se moquer

se moquer is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to mock."

Practice

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