cachimbo

Portuguese

cachimbo

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/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps borrowed from Kimbundu kixima (“cistern, tank”).

Noun

cachimbo m (plural cachimbos)

1. pipe (smoking tool)

   Synonyms: pito, jingo

Derived terms

• cachimbo da paz

Descendants

• → Guajajára: kàxim
• → Nheengatu: kaximbu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cachimbo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cachimbar

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃimbo/ [kaˈt͡ʃĩm.bo]

• Audio (El Salvador):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -imbo
• Syllabification: ca‧chim‧bo

Noun

cachimbo m (plural cachimbos)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) a lot (of); a pile (of)

   Synonyms: 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!

Derived terms

• cachimbal
• cachimbazal
• cachimbazo

Noun

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

1. (Peru) freshman

Further reading

• “cachimbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “cachimbo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010