basculante
Portuguese, noun/bas.kuˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
basculante is spelled B-A-S-C-U-L-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basculante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dump truck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does basculante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedump truck
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedumping, tilting
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se daquilo que funciona com um movimento de báscula
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of basculante
- basculantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce basculante?
- Brazil /bas.kuˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- /baʃ.kuˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /bɐʃ.kuˈlɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is basculante in Portuguese?
basculante appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).