escarro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈka.ʁu/ [isˈka.hu], /esˈka.ʁu/ [esˈka.hu]

• (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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈka.ʁu/

• 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

Etymology 2

Verb

escarro

1. first-person singular present indicative of escarrar