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/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʃuʒ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃuz.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃuʒ.mɐ/
Noun
chusma f (plural chusmas)
- (collective) mob (unruly group of people)
- Synonyms: populacho, ralé
Further reading
- “chusma” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “chusma” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
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)
- (collective) mob (rude or vulgar group of people)
- Synonym: populacho
- (derogatory, Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela) gossip (a person who gossips)
- Synonym: chismoso
Further reading
- “chusma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014