báscula

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See also: bascula and basculá

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French bascule.

Pronunciation

(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)

bascule (unequal arm scales for large weights)
Hypernyms: balança, peso
weighbridge (drawbridge with counterweight)

Related terms

Further reading

“báscula”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
“báscula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

báscula

Etymology

Borrowed from French bascule.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaskula/
Rhymes: -askula
Syllabification: bás‧cu‧la

Noun

báscula f (plural básculas)

decimal scale (device used to measure heavy weights)
Hypernyms: balanza, peso

Further reading

“báscula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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