cachimbo

Portuguese

cachimbo

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu kixima.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃĩ.bu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃĩ.bo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃĩ.bu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈt͡ʃĩ.bu/

Rhymes: -ĩbu
Hyphenation: ca‧chim‧bo

Noun

cachimbo m (plural cachimbos)

pipe (smoking tool)
Synonyms: pito, jingo

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃimbo/ [kaˈt͡ʃĩm.bo]
Rhymes: -imbo
Syllabification: ca‧chim‧bo

Determiner

cachimbo

(colloquial, El Salvador) a lot of, a pile of
Synonyms: mucho, montón, (El Salvador) cachimbazal, (El Salvador) penco

¡Andá lavá ese cachimbo de trastes del lavadero ya!
Go wash that pile of dishes in the sink now!

Usage notes

Usually preceded by a masculine article or demonstrative: un cachimbo de revistas 'a lot of magazines', este cachimbo de problemas 'this pile of problems'. The prepositional complement is headed by de and is optional.

Noun

cachimbo m (plural cachimbos, feminine cachimba, feminine plural cachimbas)

freshman

Further reading

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

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