escovilha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.koˈvi.ʎɐ/, /es.koˈvi.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.koˈvi.ʎɐ/, /es.koˈvi.ʎɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.koˈvi.ʎɐ/, /eʃ.koˈvi.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.koˈvi.ʎa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kuˈvi.ʎɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kuˈvi.ʎɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kuˈbi.ʎɐ/ [(i)ʃ.kuˈβi.ʎɐ]

• Hyphenation: es‧co‧vi‧lha

Etymology 1

Deverbal from escovilhar, from or related to etymology 2.

Noun

escovilha f (plural escovilhas)

1. act of clearing impurities from gold or silver

Etymology 2

Perhaps borrowed from Occitan escobilha, from Early Medieval Latin scōpīlia. First attested in the eighteenth century. Compare the Spanish synonym escobilla.

Noun

escovilha f (plural escovilhas)

1. gold or silver filings

References

• “escovilha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024