resma

resma

See also: Resma

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic.[1][2] Compare Spanish resma, Catalan raima.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁez.mɐ/ [ˈhez.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁez.mɐ/ [ˈhez.mɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeʒ.mɐ/ [ˈχeʒ.mɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁez.ma/ [ˈhez.ma]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeʒ.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: res‧ma

Noun

resma f (plural resmas)

1. ream (bundle of paper)

References

1. “resma” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “resma” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

resma f (plural resmas)

1. ream (quantity of paper)
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, "Judas Iscariote", in El juguete rabioso

     resmas de papel salmón, verde, azul y rojo, rollos de papel impermeable,

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• armés, armes, mares, meras, mersa, mesar, remás, remas