escovilha

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: es‧co‧vi‧lha === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from escovilhar, from or related to etymology 2. ==== Noun ==== escovilha f (plural escovilhas) 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) gold or silver filings === References === “escovilha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “escovilha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 === Further reading === “escovilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026