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escalerilla s. 1. small staircase. 2. sequence of
three cards (cartas).
escalfar v.t. to poach (huevos).
escalinata s. flight of stairs.
escalofriante adj. bloodcurdling, hair-raising.
escalofrío o calofrío s. 1. MED. chill, feverish
chill. pl. 2. shivers.
escalón s. 1. step, stair (escalera). 2. rung
(escala). 3. (fig.) step. 4. MIL. echelon.
escalonamiento s. spreading out.
escalonar v.t. 1. to spread out at intervals. 2.
to stagger. 3. MIL. to echelon. 4. to terrace
(terreno).
escalope s. escalope, veal cutlet.
escalpelo s. MED. scalpel.
escama s. 1. BIOL. scale (pez). 2. MED. scale,
flake. 3. BOT. scale. 4. suspicion.
escamado, da adj. (Am.) untrusting.
escamar v.t. 1. to scale (peces). 2. (fig.) to make
suspicious. v.r. 3. to become suspicious.
escamoso, sa adj. 1. scaly. 2. flaky (piel). 3.
(fig.) suspicious (sospechoso).
escamotear v.t. 1. to make disappear. 2. (fig. y
fam.) to pinch, to nick (robar). 3. to skip.
escamoteo s. 1. slight of hand. 2. vanishing,
disappearing. 3. (fig. y fam.) pinching, nicking.
4. skipping. 5. TEC. retraction.
escampar v.t. 1. to clear out. v.i. 2. to clear. 3. to
stop (lluvia). 4. (Am.) to shelter from the rain.
escanciar v.t. 1. to pour (vino). v.i. 2. to drink
wine (beber).
escandalera s. scandal.
escandalizar v.t. 1. to scandalize. v.i. 2. (fam.)
to make a racket. v.r. 3. to be shocked, to be
scandalized.
escándalo s. 1. scandal. 2. row, commotion,
uproar. 3. DER. disturbance of the peace.
escandaloso, sa adj. 1. scandalous, outrageous,
shocking. 2. rowdy, noisy. 3. flagrant. 4.
uproarious. s.c. 5. rowdy person.
escandinavo, va adj. y s. Scandinavian.
escanear v.t. to scan.
escáner s. scanner.
escaño s. 1. bench. 2. POL. seat.
escapada s. 1. escape, flight. 2. DEP.
breakaway. 3. quick trip (excursión). 4. hacer
una ~, to slip away; to make a flying visit.
escapar v.i. 1. to escape. 2. to run away, to
escape (huir). 3. DEP. to break away. v.r. 4.
to escape, to get out. 5. to slip away. 6. to
escape. 7. DEP. to break away. 8. (fig.) to slip
out. 9. escaparse de las manos, to slip out of
one’s hands.
escaparate s. 1. shop window (de tienda). 2.
(Am.) cupboard (armario). 3. (fig.) showcase.
4. display cabinet (vitrina).
escapatoria s. 1. way out. 2. escape, flight. 3.
(fig.) loophole, way out. 4. trip. 5. no tener ~,
to have no way out.
escape s. 1. escape (huida). 2. leak, escape
(de gas). 3. MEC. exhaust (tubo). 4. TEC.
escapement.
escápula s. ANAT. scapula, shoulder blade.
escapulario s. scapulary.
escaque s. 1. square. pl. 2. chess.
escaquearse v.pron. 1. to shirk (responsabilidad,
etc.). 2. to skive off (de un sitio).
escarabajo s. 1. ZOOL. beetle. 2. stunted
person.
escaramujo s. 1. BOT. dog-rose. 2. hip.
escaramuza s. 1. MIL. skirmish. 2. skirmish,
(fam.) bundle.
escarbar v.t. 1. to pick, to scratch (gallinas). 2.
to poke (fuego). 3. to clean one’s ears. 4. to
clean or pick one’s teeth. 5. ~ en un asunto,
to delve into a matter.
escarceo s. 1. MAR. ripple. pl. 2. prancing. 3
.forays. 4. escarceos amorosos, flirtations.
escarcha s. frost.
escarchado, da adj. 1. frost covered, frosty.
2. crystallized (fruta). 3. iced (tarta). s. 4.
embroidery.
escarchar v.t. 1. to crystallize (fruta). 2. to ice
(tarta). v.i. 3. to become frosty.
escarda s. 1. weeding, hoeing (acción). 2.
weeding hoe.
escardar v.t. 1. to weed. 2. (fig.) to weed out.
escarlata adj. 1. scarlet. s. 2. scarlet (el color). 3.
MED. scarlet fever.
escarlatina s. MED. scarlet fever.
escarmentado, da adj. wary, cautious.
escarmentar v.t. 1. to punish severely (castigar).
v.i. 2. to learn one’s lesson. 3. hacer ~ a uno,
to teach someone a lesson.
escarmiento s. 1. lesson. 2. punishment.
escarnecedor, ra adj. 1. jeering, mocking. 2.
shameful. s. 3. mocker, jeerer (burlón).
escarnecer v.t. to scoff at, to ridicule, to mock.
escarnio s. taunt.
escarola s. BOT. curly endive.
escarpa s. 1. slope. 2. GEOG. y MIL.
escarpment, scarp. 3. (Am.) pavement.
escarpado, da adj. steep, sheer.
escarpia s. hook.
escarpín s. 1. slipper. 2. outer sock, ankle-
warmer.
escasamente adv. 1. scarcely, hardly (apenas).
2. only just.
escasear v.i. to be scarce.
escasez s. 1. shortage, scarcity. 2. want, need
(necesidad). 3. meanness (tacañería). 4. vivir
con ~, to live in poverty.
escaso, sa adj. 1. scarce. 2. limited (limitado). 3.
thin, sparse. 4. slim, slender (posibilidades). 5.
only just, hardly, only, barely. 6. few (pocos).
7. mean, stingy (tacaño). 8. andar ~ de, to be
short of.
escatimar v.t. 1. to be stingy, to skimp. 2. to be
sparing (poco). 3. to save (ahorrar).
escatología s. 1. scatology. 2. FIL. eschatology.
escatológico, ca adj. 1. scatological. 2. FIL.
eschatological.
escayola s. 1. MED. plaster cast, plaster. 2.
plaster of Paris.
escayolado, da adj. in plaster.
escayolar v.t. MED. to put in a plaster (cast), to
put in plaster.
escena s. 1. scene. 2. stage. 3. hacer una ~, to
make a scene.
escenario s. 1. stage (teatro). 2. set. 3. (fig.)
scene, setting.
escénico, ca adj. scenic.
escenificar v.t. 1. to dramatize, to adapt for the
stage. 2. to stage.
escenografía s. 1. scenography. 2. scenery.
escenógrafo, fa s. producer.
escepticismo s. scepticism.
escéptico, ca adj. y s. sceptic.
escindible adj. 1. divisible. 2. FÍS. fissionable.
escindir v.t. 1. to split, to divide. 2. FÍS. to split
(átomo). v.pron. 3. to split.
escisión s. 1. splitting (acción). 2. split, division
(división). 3. FÍS. fission. 4. MED. excision.
esclarecedor, ra adj. clarifying.
esclarecer v.t. 1. clarify, (fig.) to throw light on. 2.
to ennoble (ennoblecer). 3. to make illustrious
(ilustrar). v.r. 4. to get light (amanecer).
esclarecido, da adj. illusorious, distinguished.
esclarecimiento s. 1. illumination (iluminación).
2. explanation, elucidation, clarification. 3.
ennoblement.
esclavina s. short cloak, cape.
esclavista adj. 1. pro-slavery. s. 2. slavery
supporter.
esclavitud s. 1. slavery. 2. (fig.) slavery.
esclavizar v.t. 1. to enslave. 2. (fig.) to overwork.
3. to dominate.
esclavo, va s. 1. slave. 2. (fig.) slave. adj. 3.
enslaved. 4. enslaving, time-consuming. 5.
devoted.
esclerosis s. MED. sclerosis.
esclerótica adj. ANAT. sclerotic.
esclusa s. 1. lock, sluice (de canal). 2. floodgate
(de presa). 3. ~ de aire, airlock.
escoba s. 1. broom. 2. broomstick (de brujas). 3.
BOT. broom.
escobajo s. 1. old broom. 2. stalk.
escobilla s. 1. brush (cepillo). 2. ELEC. brush
(del dinamo). 3. BOT. teasel.
escobón s. 1. large broom (escoba grande). 2.
chimney-sweeping brush (deshollinador). 3.
short broom (de manga corta).
escocedura s. 1. MED. sore. 2. sting, smarting,
soreness (de una herida).
escocer v.i. 1. to sting, to smart (picar una
herida). v.t. 2. to chafe. v.r. 3. to get sore. 4.
(fig.) to have one’s feelings hurt.
escocés, sa adj. 1. Scottish, Scots. 2. scotch
(whisky, etc.). s. 3 .Scottish, Scots. s. 4.
Scotsman, Scotswoman, Scot. 5. tela
escocesa, tartan.
Escocia s. Scotland.
escoger v.t. 1. to choose, to select, to pick. 2.
to choose. 3. POL. to elect. 4. a ~, to choose
from. 5. tener donde ~, to have a good
choice.
escogido, da adj. 1. chosen, selected. 2. choice.
3. MIL. crack.
escolanía s. 1. choir school. 2. choirboys (pl.).
3. choir.
escolapio, pia s. 1. monk who teaches in a
charity school (fraile). 2. charity-school pupil.
escolar adj. 1. school, scholastic. s. 2.
schoolboy, pupil (niño); schoolgirl, pupil (niña).
3. edad ~, school age. 4. curso ~, school
year.
escolaridad s. schooling.
escolástico, ca adj. 1. scholastic. s. 2.
scholastic. s. 3. scholasticism.
escoliosis s. MED. scoliosis.
escollar v.i. 1. (Am.) MAR. to hit a reef, to
strike a rock (encallarse). 2. (Am.) to fail
(malograrse).
escollera s. MAR. breakwater, jetty.
escollo s. 1. MAR. reef, rock. 2. (fig.) stumbling
block. 3. danger.
escolopendra s. 1. ZOOL. centipede. 2. BOT.
scolopendrium, hart’s tongue.
escolta s. 1. escort. 2. dar ~ a, to escort.
escoltar v.t. 1. to escort. 2. MAR. to escort, to
convoy.
escombrera s. 1. rubbish dump, rubbish tip. 2.
MIN. slag heap.
escombro s. ZOOL. mackerel (caballa).
escombros s. 1. debris, rubble. 2. MIN. slag
(escoria).
esconder v.t. 1. to hide. v.r. 2. to hide. 3. to hide
oneself, to hide.
escondido, da adj. 1. hideen. s. pl. 2. hide-and-
seek (el juego). 3. a ~, secretly, in secret.
escondite s. 1. hiding place. 2. jugar al ~, to
play hide-and-seek.
escondrijo s. hiding place.
escopeta s. 1. shotgun. 2. ~ de cañones
recortados, sawn-off shotgun. 3. ~ de dos
cañones, double-barrelled shotgun.
escopetazo s. 1. gunshot. 2. gunshot wound. 3.
(fig.) bad news; (fam.) bombshell.
escopetear v.t. 1. to shoot at. 2. (Am.) to get at.
v.i. 3. to fire a shotgun. 4. (Am.) to answer
irritably. v.r. 5. to shower each other with