cachimbo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʃĩ.bu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʃĩ.bo/
 

  • Rhymes: -ĩbu
  • Hyphenation: ca‧chim‧bo

Etymology 1

Unknown.[1][2] Perhaps borrowed from Kimbundu kixima (“cistern, tank”).[3][4]

Noun

cachimbo m (plural cachimbos)

  1. pipe (smoking tool)
    Synonyms: pito, jingo
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Guajajára: kàxim
  • → Nheengatu: kaximbu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cachimbo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cachimbar

References

  1. ^ “cachimbo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “cachimbo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
  3. ^ “cachimbo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
  4. ^ “cachimbo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃimbo/ [kaˈt͡ʃĩm.bo]
  • Audio (El Salvador):(file)
  • Rhymes: -imbo
  • Syllabification: ca‧chim‧bo

Noun

cachimbo m (plural cachimbos)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) a lot (of); a pile (of)
    Synonyms: montón, (El Salvador) cachimbazal, (El Salvador) penco
    ¡Andá lavá ese cachimbo de trastes del lavadero ya!
    Go wash that pile of dishes in the sink now!

Noun

cachimbo m (plural cachimbos, feminine cachimba, feminine plural cachimbas)

  1. (Peru) freshman

Further reading

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