báscula

See also: bascula and basculá

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French bascule.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.ku.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.ku.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʃ.ku.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.ku.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʃ.ku.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʃkulɐ
• Hyphenation: bás‧cu‧la

Noun

báscula f (plural básculas)

1. bascule (unequal arm scales for large weights)

   Hypernyms: balança, peso

2. weighbridge (drawbridge with counterweight)

Derived terms

• basculante

 

Further reading

• “báscula” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “báscula” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bascule.

Noun

báscula f (plural básculas)

1. decimal scale (device used to measure heavy weights)

   Hypernyms: balanza, peso

Further reading

• “báscula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014