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/

• (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)

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

• escassamente
• escassez