escasso
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escasso, from Vulgar Latin *excarsus, for Latin excerptus, from excerpō. Thus doublet of excerto.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: es‧cas‧so
Adjective edit
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 edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:escasso.