chorume

Galician

Alternative forms

• churume

Etymology

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *florumen, from Latin flos (“flower”). Compare chorima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃoˈɾumɪ]

Noun

chorume m (plural chorumes)

1. liquid fat and juices that seep from prepared meat
   • 1753, Diego Cernadas, Adán non pudo pecar:

     consintíu nesso, ê, como hè gallego Maziso, vendo, què â redondilla, aunque era Castillana, tiña ô mismo orden, sintido, ê consonancia, nà sua lengua, trasladaria nela, por què topoù assi mais churume

     he consented, and since he is a solid Galician, seeing how the redondilla, even being Castilian, has the same order, sense and consonance in his language, he translated it, because he found in this manner more juice

2. sauce

   Synonyms: mollo, prebe, salsa

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chorume”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chorume”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Chorume

Etymology

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *florumen, from Latin flos (“flower”). Compare Galician chorima.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɾũ.mi/, /ʃuˈɾũ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɾũ.mi/, /ʃuˈɾũ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɾu.me/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈɾu.mɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈɾu.mɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈɾu.mɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -umi, (Portugal) -umɨ
• Hyphenation: cho‧ru‧me

Noun

chorume m (plural chorumes)

1. liquid fat that seeps from meat
2. (figurative) opulence; wealth
3. (figurative) abundance; plenty
4. the liquid part of manure
5. leachate that accumulates in landfills

Derived terms

• necrochorume

Further reading

• “chorume”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025