Asturian

Noun

escama f ‎(plural escames)

1. scale (of a fish)

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin squāmam, accusative of squāma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈka.ma]

Noun

escama f (plural escamas)

1. scale (of a fish or reptile)
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, 56v.

     […] ca alli a una laguna q́ ſe tiene có la. en q́ a unos peces tamannos como un palmo. ¬ no an eſcama níguna.

     […] for in that place there is a pool in which there are large fish, the size of a handspan, and they have no scales whatsoever.

Descendants

• Spanish: escama

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin squāma ‎(“scale”).

Noun

escama f

1. scale (etymology 2).

Related terms

• escamado
• escamar

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish escama, from Latin squāma.

Noun

escama f ‎(plural escamas)

1. scale (of a fish or reptile)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of the verb escamar.

Verb

escama

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of escamar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of escamar.