basculante

Italian

Participle

basculante (plural basculanti)

1. present participle of basculare

Adjective

basculante (plural basculanti)

1. horizontally pivoting; hinged (e.g. of a garage door)

See also

• bascula

Portuguese

Etymology

Either from bascular +‎ -ante or borrowed from French basculant.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bas.kuˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bas.kuˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baʃ.kuˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bas.kuˈlɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐʃ.kuˈlɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: bas‧cu‧lan‧te

Noun

basculante m (plural basculantes)

1. dump truck

   Synonyms: (Bazil) caçamba, caminhão-caçamba, caminhão basculante

Related terms

• báscula

 

Adjective

basculante m or f (plural basculantes)

1. dumping, tilting

Derived terms

• janela basculante
• ponte basculante

 

Further reading

• “basculante”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Noun

basculante m (plural basculantes)

1. dump truck

Further reading

• “basculante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28