escasso

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escasso, from Vulgar Latin *excarsus, for Latin excerptus, from excerpō. Thus doublet of excerto.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈka.su/, /esˈka.su/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈka.su/, /eʃˈka.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈka.so/

  • Hyphenation: es‧cas‧so

Adjective

escasso (feminine escassa, masculine plural escassos, feminine plural escassas)

  1. scarce, rare
    A água é escassa nesta área.
    Water is scarce in this area.
    O tempo está a ficar escasso.
    Time is running out.
  2. sparse, scanty

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:escasso.

Derived terms

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