basculante

Italian

Participle

basculante m or f (plural basculanti)

  1. present participle of basculare

Adjective

basculante m or f (plural basculanti)

  1. horizontally pivoting; hinged (e.g. of a garage door)

See also

Portuguese

Etymology

Either from bascular +‎ -ante or borrowed from French basculant.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bas.kuˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /baʃ.kuˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bas.kuˈlɐ̃.te/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐʃ.kuˈlɐ̃.tɨ/

  • Hyphenation: bas‧cu‧lan‧te

Noun

basculante m (plural basculantes)

  1. dump truck
    Synonyms: (Brazil) caçamba, caminhão-caçamba, caminhão basculante

Adjective

basculante m or f (plural basculantes)

  1. dumping, tilting

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

Adjective

basculante m or f (masculine and feminine plural basculantes)

  1. That pivots horizontally or vertically; hinged.
  2. Swinging or oscillating.

Noun

basculante m (plural basculantes)

  1. The open-box bed at the back of a dump truck.
  2. (metonymic) A dump truck.

See also

Further reading

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