chumbado
Meaning
chumbar
- (transitive) to lead (to cover, fill or affect with lead)
- (transitive) to add lead weights to something
- (colloquial, transitive) to shoot someone
- (colloquial, transitive) to make someone stuporous or lethargic
- (Portugal, colloquial, transitive) to fail an exam, to flunk
- (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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