escasso
Portuguese
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escasso, from Vulgar Latin *excarsus, for Latin excerptus, from excerpō. Thus doublet of excerto.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: es‧cas‧so
Adjective
editescasso (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
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Derived terms
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