escarcéu
Portuguese, noun/is.kaʁˈsɛw/
escarcéu is spelled E-S-C-A-R-C-É-U (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escarcéu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tidal wave (or similar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vagalhão; onda grande”.
What does escarcéu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetidal wave (or similar)
- 2
masculinehullabaloo, fuss
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vagalhão; onda grande 2. algazarra, gritaria, berreiro 3. escândalo, exaltação
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 escarcéu
- escarcéus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarcéu?
- Brazil /is.kaʁˈsɛw/
- Brazil [is.kahˈsɛʊ̯]
- Brazil /es.kaʁˈsɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escarcéu in Portuguese?
escarcéu appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).