chumaço

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈma.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈma.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈma.so/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈma.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈma.su/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈma.su/

• Hyphenation: chu‧ma‧ço

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin plūmācium (“feather pillow”), from plūma. Doublet of plumaço, which was borrowed from the same source.

Cognate to Galician chumaço, chomaço, and Old Spanish llumazo.

Noun

chumaço m (plural chumaços)

1. (rare or Timorese) cushion

   Synonyms: almofada, travesseiro

2. shoulder pad
3. swelling, tumor, mass

   Synonym: inchaço

4. compress; cloth used to apply pressure to wounds

   Synonym: compressa

5. (Minho) pine needles

   Synonym: caruma

Derived terms

• chumaceira

Related terms

• pluma
• plumaço

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chumaço

1. first-person singular present indicative of chumaçar