basculho

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

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
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