chusma

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ligurian ciüsma, from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma, “rhythmic chant to exhort rowers in galleys”), from κελεύω (keleúō, “to order, to bid, to exhort”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuz.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuz.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuʒ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuz.ma/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuʒ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuʒ.mɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuʒ.mɐ/

Noun

chusma f (plural chusmas)

1. (collective) mob (unruly group of people)

   Synonyms: populacho, ralé

Further reading

• “chusma” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “chusma” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ligurian ciüsma (from which Italian ciurma and Portuguese chusma descend), from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma, “rhythmic chant to exhort rowers in galleys”), from κελεύω (keleúō, “to order, to bid, to exhort”). Doublet of saloma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃusma/ [ˈt͡ʃuz.ma]
• Rhymes: -usma
• Syllabification: chus‧ma

Noun

chusma f (plural chusmas)

1. (collective) mob (rude or vulgar group of people)

   Synonym: populacho

2. (derogatory, Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela) gossip (a person who gossips)

   Synonym: chismoso

3. (derogatory) person with bad manners and vulgar behavior

Further reading

• “chusma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014