chumbo

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin plumbum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃumbo̝/

Noun

chumbo m (uncountable)

1. lead (metal)
   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), 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

Derived terms

• chumbada

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “chumbo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “chumbo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin plumbum. Doublet of the semi-learned prumo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃũbu/

Noun

chumbo m (plural chumbos)

1. lead metal
2. shot, pellet

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:chumbo.

Coordinate terms

• (Chemical Element): Previous: tálio. Next: bismuto

Related terms

• chumbeiro
• chumbinho
• chumbar
• plúmbeo
• prumo

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Spanish

Noun

chumbo m (plural chumbos)

1. The prickly pear

Synonyms

• higo chumbo