chusma
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃuz.mɐ/
chusma is spelled C-H-U-S-M-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese, the 215,563rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chusma is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “crowd (large number of people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of chusmar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto coral de vozes”.
What does chusma mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrowd (large number of people)
- 2
feminineheap (a large amount of things)
- 3
femininemob (group of people who are part of what is considered the lowest class of society)
- 4
femininechorus (set of voices of a choir)
- 5
feminineobsoletecrew (people working on board a vessel)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto coral de vozes 2. grande quantidade de coisas ou pessoas 3. ralé, populacho 4. tripulação de navio
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 chusma
- chusmas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chusma?
- Brazil /ˈʃuz.mɐ/
- /ˈʃuʒ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʃuʒ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chusma in Portuguese?
chusma appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).