chumbar

Portuguese

From Latin plumbō. By surface analysis, chumbo +‎ -ar. Piecewise doublet of prumar.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈba(ʁ)/ [ʃũˈba(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈba(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈba(ʁ)/ [ʃũˈba(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈba(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈbaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃũˈbaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃũˈba.ɾi/

chumbar (first-person singular present chumbo, first-person singular preterite chumbei, past participle chumbado)

(transitive) to lead (to cover, fill or affect with lead)
(transitive, chiefly fishing) to add lead weights to something
(transitive, colloquial) to shoot someone
(transitive, colloquial) to make someone stuporous or lethargic
(transitive, colloquial, Portugal) to fail an exam, to flunk
Se não tirar boa nota neste teste, chumbo o ano. ― If I don't get a good score in this test, I will flunk the year.
(transitive, colloquial, Portugal) to reject, to vote down (a proposal, a bill)
O parlamento chumbou a proposta de lei. ― The parliament rejected the bill.

Conjugation of chumbar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.