chusma

• Rhymes: -uzmɐ, -uʒmɐ
• Hyphenation: chus‧ma

Borrowed from Italian ciurma, from Ligurian ciüsma, from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma), from κελεύω (keleúō).

chusma f (plural chusmas)

1. crowd (large number of people)

   Synonym: multidão

2. heap (a large amount of things)

   Synonyms: montão, ror

3. mob (group of people who are part of what is considered the lowest class of society)

   Synonyms: populacho, ralé

4. chorus (set of voices of a choir)
5. (obsolete) crew (people working on board a vessel)

   Synonym: tripulação

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

chusma

1. inflection of chusmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “chusma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chusma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “chusma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃusma/ [ˈt͡ʃuz.ma]
• Rhymes: -usma
• Syllabification: chus‧ma

Borrowed 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.

chusma f (plural chusmas)

1. (collective) mob (rude or vulgar group of people)

   Synonym: populacho

2. (colloquial, offensive, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay) person with poor manners and vulgar behavior

chusma m or f (plural chusmas)

1. (colloquial, offensive, Cuba) person with poor manners and vulgar behavior

From Spanish chisme.

chusma m or f (masculine and feminine plural chusmas)

1. (colloquial, offensive, Rioplatense, Paraguay, Bolivia, Venezuela) gossipy

chusma f (plural chusmas)

1. (colloquial, offensive, Rioplatense, Paraguay, Bolivia, Venezuela) gossip (a person who gossips)

   Synonym: chismoso

• “chusma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025