escarro

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈka.ʁu/ [isˈka.hu], /esˈka.ʁu/ [esˈka.hu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈka.ʁu/ [iʃˈka.χu], /eʃˈka.ʁu/ [eʃˈka.χu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈka.ʁo/ [esˈka.ho]

  • Rhymes: -aʁu

Etymology 1

Deverbal from escarrar.

Noun

escarro m (plural escarros)

  1. phlegm; spit (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
    Synonym: catarro
  2. (by extension) filth
    Synonyms: sujeira, imundície

Verb

escarro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escarrar
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