jumo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxumo/ [ˈxu.mo]
  • Audio (Costa Rica):(file)
  • Rhymes: -umo
  • Syllabification: ju‧mo

Etymology 1

From jumera.

Adjective

jumo (feminine juma, masculine plural jumos, feminine plural jumas)

  1. (Costa Rica, Venezuela, colloquial) drunk
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho

Noun

jumo m (plural jumos)

  1. (Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, colloquial) drunkenness
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
    Ron me da un jumo grande.
    Rum makes me very drunk.

Etymology 2

Verb

jumo

  1. only used in me jumo, first-person singular present indicative of jumarse

References

  • Alba, Orlando (2004) Cómo hablamos los dominicanos: un enfoque sociolingüístico‎[1] (overall work in Spanish), Santo Domingo: Grupo León Jimenes, →ISBN
  • Diaro Extra. Gringo jumo en hotel. 14 Febrero 2009, No. 036, Costa Rica

Further reading

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