Polyglot Dictionary

escarcha

/esˈkaɾtʃa/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las escarchas

Meaning

  1. frost

    • Hay escarcha en el suelo.

      There is frost on the ground.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

helada

helada specifically means a "frost" as a weather event, a freeze; escarcha is the physical frost that forms on surfaces, the visible ice crystals.

Similar in other languages

French

givre

givre is the French word for the same thing — both mean "frost."

Portuguese

geada

geada is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "frost."

Practice

1 What does escarcha mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hay ___ en el suelo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches escarcha?

noun

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