escamar

escamar
transitive verb
1to scale (pescado)
2to make suspicious (informal) (causar recelo a)
escamarse
pronomial verb
1to smell a rat, to get suspicious (informal)

escamar [es-cah-mar’]
article & verb transitive
1To scale fish.
2To offend, to irritate, to molest. (Metaphorical)
  • Eso me escama -> that makes me suspicious, -vn
verb reflexive
3To be tutored by painful experience, to resent, to take ill.
  • Y luego se escamó -> and after that he was on his guard
To embroider scale or shell fashion.

escamar
verbo:transitivo
1 [+pez] to scale; remove the scales from
2 (producir recelo) to make wary; create distrust in
eso me escama that makes me suspicious; that sounds ominous to me
verbo:pronominal
escamarse
1 (perder escamas) to scale; scale off; flake off
2 (sospechar) to get wary; become suspicious; (olerse algo) to smell a rat
y luego se escamó and after that he was on his guard

Verb Conjugation for "escamar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo escamo escamé escamaba escamaré escame
escamas escamaste escamabas escamarás escames
Ella/Él/Usted escama escamó escamaba escamará escame
Nosotros escamamos escamamos escamábamos escamaremos escamemos
Vosotros escamáis escamasteis escamabais escamaréis escaméis
Ellos/Ustedes escaman escamaron escamaban escamarán escamen

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