basculho

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /basˈku.ʎu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /basˈku.ʎu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baʃˈku.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /basˈku.ʎo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐʃˈku.ʎu/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from basculhar (“scour, sweep”), modern vasculhar.

Noun

basculho m (plural basculhos)

1. a besom or crudely fashioned broom used to sweep ceilings, chimneys or flues
2. a servant tasked with the basest, dirtiest housework; scullion
3. (chiefly Northeast Brazil, derogatory) a base, vulgar woman of low extraction

Etymology 2

Verb

basculho

1. first-person singular present indicative of basculhar

Further reading

• “basculho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “basculho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026