escova

Portuguese

Etymology 1

escovas de limpeza

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin scōpa (“broom”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈko.vɐ/, /esˈko.vɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈko.vɐ/, /eʃˈko.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈko.va/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈko.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈko.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈko.βɐ]

Hyphenation: es‧co‧va

Noun

escova f (plural escovas)

brush

Derived terms

escova das unhas
escova de arame
escova de dentes
escova de roupa
escova de sapatos
escova do cabelo

Related terms

escovação
escovadeira
escovadela
escovado
escovador
escovar
escovilhar

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkɔ.vɐ/, /esˈkɔ.vɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkɔ.vɐ/, /eʃˈkɔ.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈkɔ.va/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkɔ.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkɔ.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈkɔ.βɐ]

Verb

escova

inflection of escovar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

escova on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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