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chumbo
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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chumbo, from Latin plumbum.
Pronunciation
Noun
chumbo m (uncountable)
- lead (metal)
Derived terms
References
- 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
- “chumbo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- “chumbo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
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Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
- chonbo, chũbo, chunbo
Etymology
Noun
chumbo m (uncountable)
- lead (metal)
- Synonym: plomo
- 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
Descendants
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ch+bo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ch[oõuũ[mn]?bo]”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2025), “chumbo”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ũbu
- Hyphenation: chum‧bo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chumbo, from Latin plumbum. Doublet of prumo.
Noun
chumbo m (plural chumbos)
- (chemistry) lead (chemical element)
- lead metal
- shot, pellet
- (dentistry) filling
- (Portugal, education, colloquial) fail
- (Portugal, informal) rejection (of a vote or proposal)
- 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 Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “chumbo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
- “chumbo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “chumbo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Noun
chumbo m (plural chumbos)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Portuguese chumbo.
Noun
chumbo m (plural chumbos)
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], 10 December 2024
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