escambo
Portuguese, noun/isˈkɐ̃.bu/
escambo is spelled E-S-C-A-M-B-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escambo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “barter (an exchange of goods or services without the use of money)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “troca de bens ou serviços sem intermediação de dinheiro”.
What does escambo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebarter (an exchange of goods or services without the use of money)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. troca de bens ou serviços sem intermediação de dinheiro 2. troca, permuta; câmbio; barganha
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 escambo
- escambos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escambo?
- Brazil /isˈkɐ̃.bu/
- Brazil /esˈkɐ̃.bu/
- /iʃˈkɐ̃.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escambo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escambo in Portuguese?
escambo 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).