What does basculante in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word basculante in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use basculante in Portuguese.

The word basculante in Portuguese means tilting, jalousie window, basculante, caminhão basculante, tombador, caminhão basculante. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word basculante

tilting

adjetivo (inclinável)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

jalousie window

substantivo masculino (tipo de janela)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

basculante

noun (device for tipping bed of a vehicle to empty it)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
The worker activated the tipper and dumped the truck's load in the landfill.

caminhão basculante

noun (type of truck)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)

tombador

noun (truck with a skip at the front) (caminhão)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Max drove the dumper across the construction site and tipped out the earth into the waiting hole.

caminhão basculante

noun (UK (dumper truck)

Every morning there is a line of tippers outside the construction site.

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