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escocês

Portuguese, noun/is.koˈse(j)s/

escocês is spelled E-S-C-O-C-Ê-S (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,223rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escocês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Scot; Scotsman (someone from Scotland)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa natural da Escócia”.

What does escocês mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Scottish (of or relating to Scotland)

  2. 2

    tartan (of cloth and clothing: having a pattern of coloured stripes that intersect at right angles)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineScot; Scotsman (someone from Scotland)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineScottish (ambiguous term for any of a number of languages spoken in Scotland)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. relativo à Escócia, seu povo, cultura e línguas

noun: 1. pessoa natural da Escócia 2. o idioma scots 3. o idioma gaélico escocês

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 escocês

  • escocesa feminine
  • escoceses masculine plural
  • escocesas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce escocês?

  • Brazil /is.koˈse(j)s/
  • Brazil [is.koˈse(ɪ̯)s]
  • Brazil /es.koˈse(j)s/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to escocês

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is escocês in Portuguese?

escocês appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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