escalho

Portuguese, noun/isˈka.ʎu/

escalho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the carcass of a whale after its blubber has been removed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno peixe de água doce (espécie de robalo)”.

What does escalho mean in English?

noun

1
masculinethe carcass of a whale after its blubber has been removed

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. pequeno peixe de água doce (espécie de robalo) 2. arcabouço da baleia depois de se ter extraído o toucinho

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 escalho

escalhos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce escalho?

Brazil /isˈka.ʎu/
Brazil /esˈka.ʎu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to escalho

shark

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.