escaramuza

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eskaɾaˈmuθa/ [es.ka.ɾaˈmu.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eskaɾaˈmusa/ [es.ka.ɾaˈmu.sa]
• Rhymes: -uθa
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra‧mu‧za

Borrowed from Italian scaramuccia. Compare English skirmish.

escaramuza f (plural escaramuzas)

1. skirmish (a brief battle between small groups)

escaramuza

1. inflection of escaramuzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “escaramuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28