chusma

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uzmɐ, -uʒmɐ Hyphenation: chus‧ma === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian ciurma, from Ligurian ciüsma, from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma), from κελεύω (keleúō). ==== Noun ==== chusma f (plural chusmas) crowd (large number of people) Synonym: multidão heap (a large amount of things) Synonyms: montão, ror mob (group of people who are part of what is considered the lowest class of society) Synonyms: populacho, ralé chorus (set of voices of a choir) (obsolete) crew (people working on board a vessel) Synonym: tripulação ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== chusma inflection of chusmar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “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 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃusma/ [ˈt͡ʃuz.ma] Rhymes: -usma Syllabification: chus‧ma === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== chusma f (plural chusmas) (collective) mob (rude or vulgar group of people) Synonym: populacho (colloquial, offensive, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay) person with poor manners and vulgar behavior ==== Noun ==== chusma m or f (plural chusmas) (colloquial, offensive, Cuba) person with poor manners and vulgar behavior === Etymology 2 === From Spanish chisme. ==== Adjective ==== chusma m or f (masculine and feminine plural chusmas) (colloquial, offensive, Rioplatense, Paraguay, Bolivia, Venezuela) gossipy ==== Noun ==== chusma f (plural chusmas) (colloquial, offensive, Rioplatense, Paraguay, Bolivia, Venezuela) gossip (a person who gossips) Synonym: chismoso === Further reading === “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