chumaço

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin plūmācium (“feather pillow”), from plūma. Doublet of plumaço, which was borrowed from the same source. Cognate to Galician chumaço, chomaço and also Old Spanish llumazo.

Noun

chumaço m (plural chumaços)

  1. type of cushion
  2. textile stuffing for such a cushion
  3. swelling, tumor, mass
  4. compress; cloth used to apply pressure to wounds

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