WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| escama nf | (de pez) | scale n |
| | (technical) | squama n |
| | | squamous adj |
| | Antes de cocinarlo quítale las escamas al pescado. |
| | Before cooking fish you have to remove the scales. |
| escama nf | (de la piel) | flaking skin, flaky skin n |
| | (skin) | flake n |
| | Se hizo un tratamiento para quitarse las escamas de la piel. |
| | She got treatment for her flaky skin. |
| Additional Translations |
| escama nf | (plantas: hojas pequeñas) | scale n |
| | | scaling n |
| | El tallo de esta planta tiene muchas escamas. |
| | The plant's stem has many scales. |
| escama nf | figurado (con forma de escamas) (clothing) | fish-scale pattern n |
| | | overlapping designs npl |
| | (patterns) | chainmail look, shinglewood look n |
| | El vestido tenía unas escamas doradas. |
| | The dress had gold fish-scale patterns. |
| escama nf | (de jabón) (soap) | flake n |
| | Para lavar esta prenda, es mejor usar jabón en escamas. |
| | It is best to use soap flakes to wash this garment. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| escamar⇒ vtr | (animal: quitar las escamas) | scale⇒ vtr |
| | No me gusta escamar los pescados: me da mucho fastidio. |
| | I don't like to scale fish because it really bothers me. |
| Additional Translations |
| escamar vtr | ES: coloquial (causar recelo) | make you wary, make you suspicious v expr |
| | | put you on edge v expr |
| | (more formal) | bother⇒, worry⇒, trouble⇒ vtr |
| | Aquellos dos chavales tienen una pinta que me escama. |
| | —¿Esto que dice aquí tu padre no te escama? |
| | The look of those boys makes me wary (or: suspicious) |
'escama' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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