basculho

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from basculhar (“scour, sweep”), modern vasculhar. ==== Noun ==== basculho m (plural basculhos) a besom or crudely fashioned broom used to sweep ceilings, chimneys or flues a servant tasked with the basest, dirtiest housework; scullion (chiefly Northeast Brazil, derogatory) a base, vulgar woman of low extraction === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== basculho first-person singular present indicative of basculhar === Further reading === “basculho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “basculho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026