chumbar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin plumbō. By surface analysis, chumbo +‎ -ar. Piecewise doublet of prumar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈba(ʁ)/ [ʃũˈba(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈba(ʁ)/ [ʃũˈba(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈba(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈba(ʁ)/ [ʃũˈba(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈba(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈbaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈbaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃũˈbaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈba.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: chum‧bar

Verb

chumbar (first-person singular present chumbo, first-person singular preterite chumbei, past participle chumbado)

1. (transitive) to lead (to cover, fill or affect with lead)
2. (transitive, chiefly fishing) to add lead weights to something
3. (transitive, colloquial) to shoot someone
4. (transitive, colloquial) to make someone stuporous or lethargic
5. (transitive, colloquial, Portugal) to fail an exam, to flunk

   Se não tirar boa nota neste teste, chumbo o ano. ― If I don't get a good score in this test, I will flunk the year.

6. (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

    Conjugation of chumbar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	chumbar
Personal	chumbar	chumbares	chumbar	chumbarmos	chumbardes	chumbarem
Gerund
	chumbando
Past participle
Masculine	chumbado			chumbados
Feminine	chumbada			chumbadas
Indicative
Present	chumbo	chumbas	chumba	chumbamos	chumbais	chumbam
Imperfect	chumbava	chumbavas	chumbava	chumbávamos	chumbáveis	chumbavam
Preterite	chumbei	chumbaste	chumbou	chumbamos1, chumbámos2	chumbastes	chumbaram
Pluperfect	chumbara	chumbaras	chumbara	chumbáramos	chumbáreis	chumbaram
Future	chumbarei	chumbarás	chumbará	chumbaremos	chumbareis	chumbarão
Conditional	chumbaria	chumbarias	chumbaria	chumbaríamos	chumbaríeis	chumbariam
Subjunctive
Present	chumbe	chumbes	chumbe	chumbemos	chumbeis	chumbem
Imperfect	chumbasse	chumbasses	chumbasse	chumbássemos	chumbásseis	chumbassem
Future	chumbar	chumbares	chumbar	chumbarmos	chumbardes	chumbarem
Imperative
Affirmative		chumba	chumbe	chumbemos	chumbai	chumbem
Negative (não)		não chumbes	não chumbe	não chumbemos	não chumbeis	não chumbem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• chumadouro / chumbadoiro
• chumbado
• chumbador
• chumbagem

Related terms

• chumbo

Further reading

• “chumbar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “chumbar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025