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.

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escarmentar

Conjugation model [ACERTAR], like {{link=acertar}}acertar

► verbo transitivo

1 to punish severely, teach a lesson to

► verbo intransitivo

1 to learn one's lesson

■ a ver si escarmientas that'll teach you (a lesson)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

escarmentar en cabeza ajena to learn from somebody else's mistakes

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1.

VT to teach a lesson to

2.

VI to learn one's lesson

¡para que escarmientes! — that'll teach you!

no escarmientan — they never learn

escarmenté y no lo volví a hacer — I learned my lesson and never did it again

escarmentar en cabeza ajena — to learn from someone else's mistakes

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1.

verbo intransitivo to learn one's lesson

para que escarmientes! — that'll teach you!

no escarmienta — she never learns

nadie escarmienta en cabeza ajena — one learns from one's own mistakes

2.

escarmentar vt to teach ... a lesson

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= 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.

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1.

verbo intransitivo to learn one's lesson

para que escarmientes! — that'll teach you!

no escarmienta — she never learns

nadie escarmienta en cabeza ajena — one learns from one's own mistakes

2.

escarmentar vt to teach ... a lesson

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= 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.

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escarmentar [A5 ]

vi

to 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 lesson

ya le ha pasado varias veces pero no escarmienta it's already happened to her several times, but she never learns

nadie escarmienta en cabeza ajena one learns from one's own mistakes

■ escarmentar

vt

to teach … a lesson

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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

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escarmentar

♦ vt

to teach a lesson to

♦ vi

to 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;

Comp

escarmentar en cabeza ajena to learn from sb else's mistakes

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escarmentar

I v/t teach a lesson to

II v/i learn one’s lesson;

escarmentar en cabeza ajena learn from other people’s mistakes

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escarmentar {55} vt

: to punish, to teach a lesson to

escarmentar vi

: to learn one's lesson

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escarmentar vb

1. (aprender) to learn your lesson [pt. & pp. learnt]

creo que ha escarmentado I think he's learnt his lesson

2. (castigar) to teach a lesson [pt. & pp. taught]

me castigaron sin salir una semana para escarmentarme I was grounded for a week to teach me a lesson