chimpar

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Perhaps from an earlier *plimpar. Compare Irish plimp (“sudden fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃimˈpaɾ/

Verb

1. to throw down

   Synonyms: botar, deitar, tirar

2. (intransitive) to jump

   Synonyms: brincar, choutar, pinchar, saltar

3. (informal) to overthrow

   Synonym: derrocar

4. (informal) to sack (to discharge from a job or position); to fire
   • 1836, anonymous, Tertulia de Picaños:

     (Pepe): Desíme Andruco: ¿el é serto que botaron d'alí ao Administrador que había, que era el Castillano?

     (Farruco): ¡Non che foi mal botar! Chimpáro-no no Carril, nada máis (por agora) que con dés mil reás.

     (Pepe): —Tell me, Andrew: it's for real that they sacked the Manager they had, who was a Castilian guy?

     (Farruco): —And it was not a raw deal! They sacked him in Carril for just ["just"] ten thousands reals, for now.

   Synonyms: botar, cesar, destituír

Derived terms

• chimpa
• chimpín
• chimpo

Related terms

• pinchar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chimpar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chimpar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chimpar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Possibilities include from chapar, and pinchar. Compare Galician chimpar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃĩˈpaɾ/
• Hyphenation: chim‧par

Verb

1. to spill the content of a container

   Synonym: entornar

Further reading

• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chimpar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “chimpar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024