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1 escarmentar
v.1 to learn (one's lesson).2 to learn one's lesson, to learn from one's mistakes, to learn from one's own mistakes.El pillo escarmentó The bandit regretted it.3 to discipline, to punish, to teach a lesson.María escarmentó a los niños Mary disciplined the kids.4 to learn by experience, to take warning.El chiquillo escarmentó The little kid learned by experience.* * *1 to punish severely, teach a lesson to1 to learn one's lesson\escarmentar en cabeza ajena to learn from somebody else's mistakes* * *1.2.¡para que escarmientes! — that'll teach you!
* * *1.verbo intransitivo to learn one's lesson2.escarmentar vt to teach... a lesson* * *= learn + Posesivo + lesson.Ex. One lesson soon learned was that cultural and library needs are only a small part of a municipality's overall policy.* * *1.verbo intransitivo to learn one's lesson2.escarmentar vt to teach... a lesson* * *= learn + Posesivo + lesson.Ex: One lesson soon learned was that cultural and library needs are only a small part of a municipality's overall policy.
* * *escarmentar [A5 ]vito learn one's lesson¡para que escarmientes! that'll teach you!, let that be a lesson to you!a ver si escarmientas de una vez I hope you've learned o that's taught you a lessonya le ha pasado varias veces pero no escarmienta it's already happened to her several times, but she never learnsnadie escarmienta en cabeza ajena one learns from one's own mistakes■ escarmentarvtto teach … a lesson* * *
escarmentar ( conjugate escarmentar) verbo intransitivo
to learn one's lesson;◊ ¡para que escarmientes! that'll teach you!;
no escarmienta she never learns
verbo transitivo
to teach … a lesson
escarmentar
I verbo intransitivo to learn one's lesson: estoy escarmentado, I've learnt my lesson
así escarmentarás, that'll teach you (a lesson)
escarmentar en cabeza ajena, to learn from others' mistakes
II verbo transitivo to teach a lesson to
' escarmentar' also found in these entries:
English:
chasten
- way
* * *♦ vtto teach a lesson to♦ vito learn (one's lesson);con eso escarmentará para toda su vida that's taught him a lesson he'll never forget;este niño nunca escarmienta this child never learns his lesson;escarmentar en cabeza ajena to learn from sb else's mistakes* * *I v/t teach a lesson toII v/i learn one’s lesson;escarmentar en cabeza ajena learn from other people’s mistakes* * *escarmentar {55} vt: to punish, to teach a lesson toescarmentar vi: to learn one's lesson* * *escarmentar vb
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