escovilha
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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/
- (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)
- 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.[1] Compare the Spanish synonym escobilla.
References
- “escovilha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “scōpīliae”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 325
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