chimpar

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Perhaps from an earlier *plimpar. Compare Irish plimp (“sudden fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃimˈpaɾ/

Verb

chimpar (first-person singular present chimpo, first-person singular preterite chimpei, past participle chimpado)

1. to throw down

   Synonyms: botar, deitar, tirar

2. (intransitive) to jump

   Synonyms: brincar, choutar, pinchar, saltar

3. (informal) to overthrow

   Synonym: derrocar

4. (informal) to sack (to discharge from a job or position); to fire

   Synonyms: botar, cesar, destituír

   • 1836, anonymous author, Tertulia de Picaños:

     (Pepe): Desíme Andruco: ¿el é serto que botaron d'alí ao Administrador que había, que era el Castillano?
     (Farruco): ¡Non che foi mal botar! Chimpáro-no no Carril, nada máis (por agora) que con dés mil reás.

     (Pepe): —Tell me, Andrew: it's for real that they sacked the Manager they had, who was a Castilian guy?
     (Farruco): —And it was not a raw deal! They sacked him in Carril for just ten thousands reals, for now.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• chimpa
• chimpín
• chimpo

Related terms

• pinchar

References

• “chimpar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chimpar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “chimpar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chimpar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “chimpar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Possibilities include from chapar, and pinchar. Compare Galician chimpar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: chim‧par

Verb

chimpar (first-person singular present chimpo, first-person singular preterite chimpei, past participle chimpado)

1. to spill (the content of a container)

   Synonym: entornar

Conjugation

References

Further reading

• “chimpar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “chimpar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “chimpar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.