escarro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(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)

phlegm; spit (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
Synonym: catarro
(by extension) filth
Synonyms: sujeira, imundície

Etymology 2

Verb

escarro

first-person singular present indicative of escarrar

Further reading

“escarro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“escarro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026