chumbo
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃũ.bu/
chumbo is spelled C-H-U-M-B-O (6 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,879th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chumbo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lead (chemical element)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of chumbar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elemento químico de símbolo Pb, que possui o número atômico 82 e massa atômica relativa 207,2 u e é um metal…”.
What does chumbo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelead (chemical element)
- 2
masculinelead metal
- 3
masculineshot, pellet
- 4
masculinefilling
- 5
Portugalcolloquialmasculinefail
- 6
Portugalinformalmasculinerejection (of a vote or proposal)
Só se fala no recente chumbo da proposta de lei.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of chumbar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elemento químico de símbolo Pb, que possui o número atômico 82 e massa atômica relativa 207,2 u e é um metal pesado branco azulado obtido a partir de minerais como a galena, anglesita e a cerussita 2. pedaço deste metal, usado como peso para redes de pesca 3. pequenos grânulos deste metal, usados em cartuchos para armas de caça 4. objeto muito pesado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chumbo
- chumbos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chumbo?
- Brazil /ˈʃũ.bu/
- Portugal /ˈʃũ.bu/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃũ.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chumbo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chumbo in Portuguese?
chumbo appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).