# chumbo
## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chumbo, from Latin plumbum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃumbo/ [ˈt͡ʃum.bʊ]
* Rhymes: -umbo
* Hyphenation: chum‧bo

### Noun

chumbo m (uncountable)
* lead (metal)

#### Derived terms

* chumbada

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chumbo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chumbo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chumbo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “chumbo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “chumbo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* chonbo, chũbo, chunbo

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin plumbum.

### Noun

chumbo m (uncountable)
* lead (metal)
    Synonym: plomo
** 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, 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(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* chumbado

#### Descendants

* Galician: chumbo
* Portuguese: chumbo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ch+bo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ch[oõuũ[mn]?bo]”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “chumbo”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃũ.bu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃũ.bu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃũ.bo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃũ.bu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃũ.bu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃũ.bu/
* Rhymes: -ũbu
* Hyphenation: chum‧bo

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chumbo, from Latin plumbum. Doublet of the semi-learned prumo.

#### Noun

chumbo m (plural chumbos)
* (chemistry) lead (chemical element)
* lead metal
* shot, pellet
* (dentistry) filling
* (Portugal, education, colloquial) fail
* (Portugal, colloquial) rejection
    Só se fala no recente chumbo da proposta de lei.All anyone talks about is the recent rejection of the bill.

##### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:chumbo.

##### Derived terms

* anos de chumbo
* chumbar
* chumbeiro
* chumbinho
* cipó-chumbo
* pé de chumbo

##### Related terms

* plúmbeo
* prumo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

chumbo
* first-person singular present indicative of chumbar

### Further reading

* “chumbo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “chumbo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃumbo/ [ˈt͡ʃũm.bo]
* Rhymes: -umbo
* Syllabification: chum‧bo

### Noun

chumbo m (plural chumbos)
* the prickly pear
    Synonym: higo chumbo
* (Bolivia, Rioplatense, slang) a pistol
    Synonyms: pistola, arma

### Further reading

* “chumbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10