vasculho
Portuguese, noun/vasˈku.ʎu/
vasculho is spelled V-A-S-C-U-L-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vasculho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “broom used to clean ceilings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of vasculhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que basculho, vassoura simples de ramos para limpar o forno, tetos e lugares altos”.
What does vasculho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebroom used to clean ceilings
- 2
colloquialderogatorymasculineprostitute
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of vasculhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que basculho, vassoura simples de ramos para limpar o forno, tetos e lugares altos. 2. resíduos da limpeza com este tipo de vassoura. 3. prostituta
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 vasculho
- vasculhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vasculho?
- Brazil /vasˈku.ʎu/
- /vaʃˈku.ʎu/
- Portugal /vɐʃˈku.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vasculho in Portuguese?
vasculho appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).