escarcha

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aʁʃɐ, -aɾʃɐ Hyphenation: es‧car‧cha === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish escarcha. ==== Noun ==== escarcha f (plural escarchas) hoarfrost; frost (frozen dew drops) Synonym: geada === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== escarcha inflection of escarchar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “escarcha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈkaɾt͡ʃa/ [esˈkaɾ.t͡ʃa] Rhymes: -aɾtʃa Syllabification: es‧car‧cha === Etymology 1 === First attested in c. 1500. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== escarcha f (plural escarchas) frost Synonym: helada hoarfrost, rime Synonym: cencellada ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Portuguese: escarcha === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== escarcha inflection of escarchar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “escarcha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025