escanho

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish escaño, from Latin scamnum. Doublet of escano.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkɐ̃.ɲu/ [isˈkɐ̃.j̃u], /esˈkɐ̃.ɲu/ [esˈkɐ̃.j̃u]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkɐ̃.ɲu/ [iʃˈkɐ̃.j̃u], /eʃˈkɐ̃.ɲu/ [eʃˈkɐ̃.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈkɐ.ɲo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkɐ.ɲu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈka.ɲu/

Hyphenation: es‧ca‧nho

Noun

escanho m (plural escanhos)

alternative form of escano

Further reading

“escanho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“escanho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026