caçamba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu kisambu (“big basket”).

Pronunciation

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

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧çam‧ba

Noun

caçamba f (plural caçambas) (Brazil)

  1. skip (an open-topped rubbish bin)
    Synonym: caçamba de entulho
  2. bed (platform of a lorry where the load is hauled)
  3. dump truck
    Synonyms: caminhão-caçamba, caminhão basculante, basculante

Interjection

caçamba

  1. (Brazil) minced oath of cacete or caralho

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.
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