escaramuza

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scaramuccia.

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /eskaɾaˈmuθa/

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /eskaɾaˈmusa/
Hyphenation: es‧ca‧ra‧mu‧za

Noun

escaramuza f (plural escaramuzas)

skirmish (a brief battle between small groups)

Derived terms

escaramuzar

Further reading

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

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