a caçamba

dumpster, trash container, truck bed, dump-truck bed

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noun · feminine Rare #40,313
dumpster, trash container Common in Brazilian Portuguese.
PO: Joguei a caixa na caçamba.
EN: I threw the box in the dumpster.
truck bed, dump-truck bed Common in Brazilian Portuguese.
PO: As malas estão na caçamba do caminhão.
EN: The suitcases are in the truck bed.

Caçamba!

Bucket!

— Mommy (2014)

Todo mundo, na caçamba.

Everyone's in the back of the truck.

— Boa Sorte, Divirta-se, Não Morra (2026)

Na caçamba.

In the dump truck bed.

— Boa Sorte, Divirta-se, Não Morra (2026)

Encontrei o coitadinho abandonado numa caçamba de lixo e o levei para casa.

I found the poor thing abandoned in a dumpster and took it home.

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