escrúpulo, scruple; —s de conciencia, conscientious scruples; —s de doncella, exaggerated scruples.

escuchar, to listen (to), hear.

escudo, escutcheon; shield.

escudriñar, to search, examine.

escuela, school.

escueto, free, unencumbered.

Esculapio, Aesculapius (among Greeks and Romans a god of healing).

escultor, m., sculptor.

escultura, sculpture; pl., carved or molded figures.

escultural, of sculpture; modelo —, sculptor's model.