chumaço

Portuguese

Etymology

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 also Old Spanish llumazo.

Noun

chumaço m (plural chumaços)

1. type of cushion
2. textile stuffing for such a cushion
3. swelling, tumor, mass
4. compress; cloth used to apply pressure to wounds

Synonyms

• (cushion): almofada
• (stuffing): recheio
• (swelling): inchaço
• (compress): compressa

Derived terms

• chumaceira

Related terms

• pluma
• plumaço