caçamba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu kisambu (“big basket”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈsɐ̃.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈsɐ̃.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈsɐ̃.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈsɐ̃.bɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧çam‧ba

Noun

caçamba f (plural caçambas)

1. (Brazil) skip (an open-topped rubbish bin)

   Synonym: caçamba de entulho

2. (Brazil) bed (platform of a lorry where the load is hauled)
3. ̣̻(Brazil) dump truck

   Synonyms: caminhão-caçamba, caminhão basculante, basculante

References

• “caçamba” in Antônio Houaiss, Mauro de Salles Villar, Francisco Manoel de Mello Franco, Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa, 1a ed. Rio de Janeiro : Objetiva, 2001.