cachimbo

Portuguese

cachimbo

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu kixima.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃĩ.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃĩ.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃĩ.bo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃĩ.bu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃĩ.bu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈt͡ʃĩ.bu/

• Rhymes: -ĩbu
• Hyphenation: ca‧chim‧bo

Noun

cachimbo m (plural cachimbos)

1. pipe (smoking tool)

   Synonyms: pito, jingo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃimbo/ [kaˈt͡ʃĩm.bo]
• Rhymes: -imbo
• Syllabification: ca‧chim‧bo

Determiner

cachimbo

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) a lot of, a pile of

   Synonyms: mucho, montón, (El Salvador) cachimbazal, (El Salvador) penco

   ¡Andá lavá ese cachimbo de trastes del lavadero ya!

   Go wash that pile of dishes in the sink now!

Usage notes

• Usually preceded by a masculine article or demonstrative: un cachimbo de revistas 'a lot of magazines', este cachimbo de problemas 'this pile of problems'. The prepositional complement is headed by de and is optional.

Noun

cachimbo m (plural cachimbos, feminine cachimba, feminine plural cachimbas)

1. freshman

Further reading

• “cachimbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014