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Etymology edit

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin plumbum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

chumbo m (uncountable)

  1. 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

Chemical element
Pb
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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)

  1. (chemistry) lead (chemical element)
  2. lead metal
  3. shot, pellet
  4. (dentistry) filling
  5. (Portugal, education, colloquial) fail
  6. (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

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chumbar

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

chumbo m (plural chumbos)

  1. the prickly pear
    Synonym: higo chumbo
  2. (Argentina, slang) a gun
    Synonyms: pistola, arma

Further reading edit