chusma
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Ligurian ciüsma, from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma, “rhythmic chant to exhort rowers in galleys”), from κελεύω (keleúō, “to order, to bid, to exhort”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
editchusma f (plural chusmas)
- (collective) mob (unruly group of people)
Further reading
edit- “chusma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “chusma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ligurian ciüsma (from which Italian ciurma and Portuguese chusma descend), from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma, “rhythmic chant to exhort rowers in galleys”), from κελεύω (keleúō, “to order, to bid, to exhort”). Doublet of saloma.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchusma f (plural chusmas)
- (collective) mob (rude or vulgar group of people)
- Synonym: populacho
- (derogatory, Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela) gossip (a person who gossips)
- Synonym: chismoso
- (derogatory) person with bad manners and vulgar behavior
Further reading
edit- “chusma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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