prumo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾũ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾũ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾu.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾu.mu/

• Rhymes: -umu
• Hyphenation: pru‧mo

Etymology 1

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

• aprumar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

prumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of prumar