resma

See also: Resma

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma).[1][2] Compare Spanish resma, Catalan raima.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁez.mɐ/ [ˈhez.mɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeʒ.mɐ/ [ˈχeʒ.mɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁez.ma/ [ˈhez.ma]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeʒ.mɐ/

Hyphenation: res‧ma

Noun

resma f (plural resmas)

ream (bundle of paper)

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈresma/ [ˈrez.ma]
Rhymes: -esma
Syllabification: res‧ma

Noun

resma f (plural resmas)

ream (quantity of paper)
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Judas Iscariote”, in El juguete rabioso:
  resmas de papel salmón, verde, azul y rojo, rollos de papel impermeable
  reams of salmon, green, blue and red paper, waterproof paper rolls

Further reading

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

Anagrams

armés, armes, mares, meras, mersa, mesar, remás, remas

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