chumbo

Galician

Chemical element
Pb
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chumbo, from Latin plumbum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃumbo/ [ˈt͡ʃum.bʊ]
• Rhymes: -umbo
• Hyphenation: chum‧bo

Noun

chumbo m (uncountable)

1. lead (metal)

Derived terms

• chumbada

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chumbo”, 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), “chumbo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chumbo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “chumbo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “chumbo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chonbo, chũbo, chunbo

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plumbum.

Noun

chumbo m (uncountable)

1. lead (metal)

   Synonym: plomo

   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 421:

     ordenaron que qual quer persona de fora parte ou da çibdade que trouxer estaño ou chonbo ou peltre ou cobre ou latón labrado ou por labrar ou orsella, que non veña con bufuylla, que page do que vender de cada XV mrs, duas brancas

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• chumbado

Descendants

• Galician: chumbo
• Portuguese: chumbo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ch+bo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “chumbo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “chumbo”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Portuguese

FWOTD – 4 April 2023

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃũ.bu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃũ.bu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃũ.bu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃũ.bu/

• Rhymes: -ũbu
• Hyphenation: chum‧bo

Etymology 1

Chemical element
Pb
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Next: bismuto (Bi)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chumbo, from Latin plumbum. Doublet of prumo.

Noun

chumbo m (plural chumbos)

1. (chemistry) lead (chemical element)
2. lead metal
3. shot, pellet
4. (dentistry) filling
5. (Portugal, education, colloquial) fail
6. (Portugal, informal) rejection (of a vote or proposal)

   Só se fala no recente chumbo da proposta de lei.

   All anyone talks about is the recent rejection of the bill.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:chumbo.

Derived terms

• achumbar
• anos de chumbo
• chumbada
• chumbar
• chumbeira
• chumbeiro
• chumbinho
• cipó-chumbo
• pé de chumbo
• pé-de-chumbo

Related terms

• aprumação
• aprumadamente
• aprumado
• aprumar
• chumbado
• chumbador
• chumbadouro / chumbadoiro
• chumbagem
• plumbagem
• plumbagina / plombagina
• plumbaginácea
• plumbagináceo
• plumbagíneo
• plumbaginoso
• plumbago
• plumbargentífero
• plumbaria
• plumbear
• plúmbeo
• plumbeta
• plúmbico
• plumbífero
• prumada
• prumado
• prumagem
• prumar
• prumo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chumbo

1. first-person singular present indicative of chumbar

Further reading

• “chumbo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chumbo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “chumbo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “chumbo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃumbo/ [ˈt͡ʃũm.bo]
• Rhymes: -umbo
• Syllabification: chum‧bo

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

chumbo m (plural chumbos)

1. clipping of higo chumbo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese chumbo.

Noun

chumbo m (plural chumbos)

1. (Bolivia, Rioplatense, slang) a pistol

   Synonyms: pistola, arma

Further reading

• “chumbo”, 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