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escanho

Portuguese, noun/isˈkɐ̃.ɲu/

escanho is spelled E-S-C-A-N-H-O (7 letters). Escanho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of escano” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “banco com encosto”.

What does escanho mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative form of escano

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. banco com encosto 2. assento para pessoas de alta hierarquia em atos públicos 3. escabelo 4. estrado

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 escanho

  • escanhos plural
  • escano

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

How do you pronounce escanho?

  • Brazil /isˈkɐ̃.ɲu/
  • Brazil [isˈkɐ̃.j̃u]
  • Brazil /esˈkɐ̃.ɲu/

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

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