chumbo
Meaning
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- (masculine) lead (chemical element)
- (masculine) lead metal
- (masculine) shot, pellet
- (masculine) filling
- (Portugal, colloquial, masculine) fail
- (Portugal, colloquial, masculine) rejection
Frequency
Hyphenated as
chum‧bo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃũ.bu/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin plumbum. Doublet of the semi-learned prumo.
New
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)
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