escamar

v.

1 to scale (fish).

El marinero escamó al pez The sailor scaled the fish.

2 to make suspicious (informal) (causar recelo a).

3 to flake.

El fluido escamó la corteza The fluid flaked the bark.

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escamar

► verbo transitivo

1 (quitar escamas) to scale, remove the scales from

2 familiar figurado to make suspicious, make wary

► verbo pronominal escamarse

1 familiar figurado to become suspicious, become wary, smell a rat

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1. VT

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

2.

See:

escamarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <pescado> to remove the scales from

2) (producir desconfianza) to make ... suspicious

2.

escamarse v pron to become suspicious o wary

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <pescado> to remove the scales from

2) (producir desconfianza) to make ... suspicious

2.

escamarse v pron to become suspicious o wary

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escamar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹pescado› to remove the scales from

B (producir desconfianza) to make … suspicious

■ escamarse

v pron

to become suspicious o wary

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escamar

♦ vt

1. [pescado] to scale

2. Fam [causar recelo a] to make suspicious

♦ See also the pronominal verb escamarse

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escamar

v/t

1 scale, remove the scales from

2 fig

make suspicious

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escamar vt

1) : to scale (fish)

2) : to make suspicious