escol
Portuguese, noun/isˈkɔw/
escol is spelled E-S-C-O-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 78,593rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “elite (group with higher status)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mais distinto em um grupo ou série”.
What does escol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelite (group with higher status)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mais distinto em um grupo ou série 2. elite, a nata, a flor 3. conjunto de pessoas cultas
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 escol
- escóis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escol?
- Brazil /isˈkɔw/
- Brazil [isˈkɔʊ̯]
- Brazil /esˈkɔw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escol in Portuguese?
escol appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).