escama

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escama

feminine noun

1scale (de peces, reptiles)

2flake (de jabón, piel)

escama [es-cah’-mah]

noun

1Scale, horny plate, forming the coat of fishes (pez) 2. (f)

2A small scaly piece, many of which, lapping one over another form a coat of mail. (f)

3Resentment, grudge, deep sense of injury. (Metaphorical) (f)

4Scale, an abortive, rudimentary leaf. (Botany) (f)

Scale, something exfoliated, a thin lamina.

escama

sustantivo:femenino

1 (Botánica) (Zoología) scale

2 [de jabón, pintura] flake

jabón en escamas soapflakes

3 (resentimiento) resentment; (sospecha) suspicion

4 (México) (familiar) cocaine; coke; (familiar)

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hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw