caçamba
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Kimbundu kisambu (“big basket”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: ca‧çam‧ba
Noun
[edit]caçamba f (plural caçambas)
- (Brazil) skip (an open-topped rubbish bin)
- Synonym: caçamba de entulho
- (Brazil) bed (platform of a lorry where the load is hauled)
- ̣̻(Brazil) dump truck
- Synonyms: caminhão-caçamba, caminhão basculante, basculante
References
[edit]- “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.