escarcha

See also: escarchá

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkaʁ.ʃɐ/ [isˈkah.ʃɐ], /esˈkaʁ.ʃɐ/ [esˈkah.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkaʁ.ʃɐ/ [isˈkah.ʃɐ], /esˈkaʁ.ʃɐ/ [esˈkah.ʃɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /isˈkaɾ.ʃɐ/, /esˈkaɾ.ʃɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkaʁ.ʃɐ/ [iʃˈkaχ.ʃɐ], /eʃˈkaʁ.ʃɐ/ [eʃˈkaχ.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈkaɻ.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkaɾ.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkaɾ.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkaɾ.t͡ʃɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʁʃɐ, -aɾʃɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧car‧cha

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish escarcha.

Noun

escarcha f (plural escarchas)

1. hoarfrost; frost (frozen dew drops)

   Synonym: geada

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

escarcha

1. inflection of escarchar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkaɾt͡ʃa/ [esˈkaɾ.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -aɾtʃa
• Syllabification: es‧car‧cha

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

escarcha f (plural escarchas)

1. frost

   Synonym: helada

2. hoarfrost, rime

   Synonym: cencellada

Derived terms

• escarchar

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: escarcha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

escarcha

1. inflection of escarchar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “escarcha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10