chumaço

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃuˈma.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃuˈma.so/
 

  • Hyphenation: chu‧ma‧ço

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin plūmācium (feather pillow),[1][2] from plūma. Doublet of plumaço, which was borrowed from the same source.

Cognate to Galician chumaço, chomaço, and Old Spanish llumazo.

Noun

chumaço m (plural chumaços)

  1. (rare or East Timor) cushion
    Synonyms: almofada, travesseiro
  2. shoulder pad
  3. swelling, tumor, mass
    Synonym: inchaço
  4. compress; cloth used to apply pressure to wounds
    Synonym: compressa
  5. (Minho) pine needles
    Synonym: caruma
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chumaço

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chumaçar

References

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