chumazo

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Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin plūmācium, from Latin plūma (feather). Cognate with Portuguese chumaço.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈmaθo̝/, (western) /t͡ʃuˈmaso̝/

Noun

chumazo m (plural chumazos)

  1. (dated) cushion; pillow
    Synonyms: almofada, coxín
    • 1278, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 36:
      meu leyto con una cóçedra e con dou chumaços e dous façeyroós e una colcha e un cobertor de çacotes
      my bed with a mattress and with two cushions and two pillows and a quilt and a coverlet
  2. bearings that support the axis of the traditional ox cart

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /t͡ʃuˈmaθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /t͡ʃuˈmaso/
  • Rhymes: -aθo
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: chu‧ma‧zo

Noun

chumazo m (plural chumazos)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) handful, bunch
    Synonym: manojo
    Se me cayó un chumazo de pelo de la cabeza.
    A handful of hair fell from my head.

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