escarpado
Portuguese, adjective/is.kaʁˈpa.du/
escarpado is spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escarpado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “steep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “íngreme”.
What does escarpado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
steep
- 2
craggy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. íngreme 2. alcantilado 3. cortado a pique
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 escarpado
- escarpada feminine
- escarpados masculine plural
- escarpadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarpado?
- Brazil /is.kaʁˈpa.du/
- Brazil [is.kahˈpa.du]
- Brazil /es.kaʁˈpa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escarpado in Portuguese?
escarpado appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).