vasculhar
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *vasculeāre, from vasculum (“small container”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vas.kuˈʎa(ʁ)/ [vas.kuˈʎa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /vas.kuˈʎa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /vaʃ.kuˈʎa(ʁ)/ [vaʃ.kuˈʎa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vas.kuˈʎa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐʃ.kuˈʎaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐʃ.kuˈʎaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐʃ.kuˈʎa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: vas‧cu‧lhar
Verb
vasculhar (first-person singular present vasculho, first-person singular preterite vasculhei, past participle vasculhado)
- (transitive) to scour (search an area thoroughly)
- Synonym: pesquisar
- (transitive) to sweep (clean using a broom)
- Synonym: varrer
Conjugation
Conjugation of vasculhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “vasculhar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “vasculhar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “vasculhar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “vasculhar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “vasculhar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025