chusma

From Ligurian ciüsma, from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma, “rhythmic chant to exhort rowers in galleys”), from κελεύω (keleúō, “to order, to bid, to exhort”).

chusma f (plural chusmas)

1. (collective) mob (unruly group of people)

   Synonyms: populacho, ralé

• “chusma” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “chusma” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from Ligurian ciüsma (from which Italian ciurma and Portuguese chusma descend), from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma, “rhythmic chant to exhort rowers in galleys”), from κελεύω (keleúō, “to order, to bid, to exhort”). Doublet of saloma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃusma/ [ˈt͡ʃuz.ma]
• Rhymes: -usma
• Syllabification: chus‧ma

chusma f (plural chusmas)

1. (collective) mob (rude or vulgar group of people)

   Synonym: populacho

2. (derogatory, Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela) gossip (a person who gossips)

   Synonym: chismoso

3. (derogatory) person with bad manners and vulgar behavior

• “chusma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014