resma

See also: Resma

Portuguese

Etymology

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

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]

  • Rhymes: -ezmɐ, -eʒmɐ
  • Hyphenation: res‧ma

Noun

resma f (plural resmas)

  1. ream (set of twenty hands of paper or five hundred sheets)
  2. pile (set of objects piled up)

Derived terms

  • resmas de

References

  1. ^ resma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ resma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

resma f (plural resmas)

  1. 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

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