escarro

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈka.ʁu/ , /esˈka.ʁu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈka.ʁu/ , /eʃˈka.ʁu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈka.ʁo/

(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

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