prumo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -umu, -ũmu
  • Hyphenation: pru‧mo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Latin plumbumslbor.
Portuguese prumo

    Semi-learned borrowing from Latin plumbum. Doublet of chumbo, which was inherited and underwent the regular sound change. Compare also Spanish plomo.

    Noun

    prumo m (plural prumos)

    1. plummet (lead on a line used to check if something is perfectly vertical)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    prumo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of prumar

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