chumbo
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Galician
Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin plumbum.
Pronunciation
Noun
chumbo m (uncountable)
- lead (metal)
- 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 421:
- ordenaron que qual quer persona de fora parte ou da çibdade que trouxer estaño ou chonbo ou peltre ou cobre ou latón labrado ou por labrar ou orsella, que non veña con bufuylla, que page do que vender de cada XV mrs, duas brancas
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chumbo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “chumbo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chumbo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chumbo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chumbo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
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Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin plumbum. Doublet of the semi-learned prumo.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ũbu
- Hyphenation: chum‧bo
Noun
chumbo m (plural chumbos)
- (chemistry) lead (chemical element)
- lead metal
- shot, pellet
- (dentistry) filling
- (Portugal, education, colloquial) fail
- (Portugal, colloquial) rejection
- Só se fala no recente chumbo da proposta de lei.
- All anyone talks about is the recent rejection of the bill.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:chumbo.
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
chumbo
Further reading
- “chumbo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “chumbo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Spanish
Etymology
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Noun
chumbo m (plural chumbos)
- the prickly pear
- Synonym: higo chumbo
- (Argentina, slang) a gun
Further reading
- “chumbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10