escasso
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese escasso, from Vulgar Latin *excarsus, for excerptus, from Latin excerpō. Thus doublet of excerto.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iʃ.ˈka.su/
- Hyphenation: es‧cas‧so
Adjective
escasso m (feminine singular escassa, masculine plural escassos, feminine plural escassas, comparable)
- 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 of use of this term, see Citations:escasso.
Derived terms
- escassamente
- escassez