escancarado
Portuguese, adjective/is.kɐ̃.kaˈɾa.du/
escancarado is spelled E-S-C-A-N-C-A-R-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escancarado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “gaping (wide open)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of escancarar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “exposto”.
What does escancarado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gaping (wide open)
- 2
evident, clear, blatant (easily seen or understood)
verb
- 1
past participle of escancarar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. exposto 2. claro, evidente, óbvio
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escancarado
- escancarada feminine
- escancarados masculine plural
- escancaradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escancarado?
- Brazil /is.kɐ̃.kaˈɾa.du/
- Brazil /es.kɐ̃.kaˈɾa.du/
- /iʃ.kɐ̃.kaˈɾa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escancarado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escancarado in Portuguese?
escancarado appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).