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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

Related terms

Etymology 2

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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