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/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈka.su/

Hyphenation: es‧cas‧so

Adjective

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

scarce, rare
A água é escassa nesta área.
Water is scarce in this area.

O tempo está a ficar escasso.
Time is running out.
sparse, scanty

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:escasso.

Derived terms

escassamente
escassez

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