chumbado

Meaning

chumbar

  1. (transitive) to lead (to cover, fill or affect with lead)
  2. (transitive) to add lead weights to something
  3. (colloquial, transitive) to shoot someone
  4. (colloquial, transitive) to make someone stuporous or lethargic
  5. (Portugal, colloquial, transitive) to fail an exam, to flunk
  6. (Portugal, colloquial, transitive) to reject, to vote down (a proposal, a bill)

Concepts

Etymology

From Latin plumbātus. By surface analysis, chumbar + -ado. Piecewise doublet of prumado.

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