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escasso.

scarce, rare

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/isˈka.su/Brazil/esˈka.su/Brazil/iʃˈka.su/Rio-de-Janeiro/eʃˈka.su/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. scarce, rare

    A água é escassa nesta área.
    O tempo está a ficar escasso.

  2. sparse, scanty

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escasso, from Vulgar Latin *excarsus, for Latin excerptus, from excerpō. Thus doublet of excerto.

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