chorume

• churume

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *florumen, from Latin flos (“flower”). Compare chorima.

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃoˈɾumɪ]

chorume m (plural chorumes)

1. liquid fat and juices that seep from prepared meat
   • 1753, Diego Cernadas, Adán non pudo pecar:

     consintíu nesso, ê, como hè gallego Maziso, vendo, què â redondilla, aunque era Castillana, tiña ô mismo orden, sintido, ê consonancia, nà sua lengua, trasladaria nela, por què topoù assi mais churume

     he consented, and since he is a solid Galician, seeing how the redondilla, even being Castilian, has the same order, sense and consonance in his language, he translated it, because he found in this manner more juice

2. sauce

   Synonyms: mollo, prebe, salsa

• “chorume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chorume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *florumen, from Latin flos (“flower”). Compare Galician chorima.

• Hyphenation: cho‧ru‧me

chorume m (plural chorumes)

1. liquid fat that seeps from meat
2. (figurative) opulence; wealth
3. (figurative) abundance; plenty
4. the liquid part of manure
5. leachate that accumulates in landfills