escarmienta in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for escarmienta in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.escarmentar VB intr

escarmentar

to learn one's lesson

¡para que escarmientes!

that'll teach you!

¡para que escarmientes!

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 prov

one learns from one's own mistakes

II.escarmentar VB trans

escarmentar

to teach … a lesson

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nadie escarmienta en cabeza ajena prov

people only learn from their own mistakes

nadie escarmienta en cabeza ajena prov

you have to make your own mistakes

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chasten

hacer escarmentar

to learn one's lesson

escarmentar

escarmienta in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for escarmienta in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.escarmentar e → ie VB intr

1. escarmentar (desengañarse):

escarmentar

to realize the truth

escarmentar en cabeza ajena

to learn from sb else's mistakes

2. escarmentar (enmendarse):

escarmentar

to learn one's lesson

II.escarmentar e → ie VB trans

1. escarmentar (castigar):

escarmentar

to punish

2. escarmentar (reprender):

escarmentar

to reprimand

3. escarmentar (desengañar):

escarmentar

to teach a lesson

quedar [o estar] escarmentado de algo

to learn one's lesson from sth

escarmienta Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

escarmentar en cabeza ajena

to learn from sb else's mistakes