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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
chumbar (first-person singular present chumbo, first-person singular preterite chumbei, past participle chumbado)
- (transitive) to lead (to cover, fill or affect with lead)
- (transitive, chiefly fishing) to add lead weights to something
- (transitive, colloquial) to shoot someone
- (transitive, colloquial) to make someone stuporous or lethargic
- (transitive, colloquial, Portugal) to fail an exam, to flunk
- (transitive, colloquial, Portugal) to reject, to vote down (a proposal, a bill)
- O parlamento chumbou a proposta de lei. ― The parliament rejected the bill.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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