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resma

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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References

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  1. ^ resma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ resma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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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