chumbo
Galician edit
Etymology edit
13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin plumbum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
References edit
- “chumbo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “chumbo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “chumbo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “chumbo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chumbo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin plumbum. Doublet of the semi-learned prumo.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: chum‧bo
Noun edit
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 edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:chumbo.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
chumbo
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
chumbo m (plural chumbos)
- the prickly pear
- Synonym: higo chumbo
- (Argentina, slang) a gun
Further reading edit
- “chumbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014