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chusma.

crowd (large number of people)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃuz.mɐ/Brazil/ˈʃuʒ.mɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈʃuʒ.mɐ/Portugal/ˈt͡ʃuʒ.mɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. crowd (large number of people)

    feminine
  2. heap (a large amount of things)

    feminine
  3. mob (group of people who are part of what is considered the lowest class of society)

    feminine
  4. chorus (set of voices of a choir)

    feminine
  5. crew (people working on board a vessel)

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian ciurma, from Ligurian ciüsma, from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma), from κελεύω (keleúō).

verb/ˈʃuz.mɐ/Brazil/ˈʃuʒ.mɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈʃuʒ.mɐ/Portugal/ˈt͡ʃuʒ.mɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. inflection of chusmar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of chusmar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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