Thread: chumbo??

Alguien sabe que es un chumbo??

Hola amayo,

¿Dónde escuchaste la frase? Entiendo que chumbo en la yerga se llama a un arma, revolver o pistola. Si tenes más contexto mejor.

Gracias PIM!! Que chumbo es un arma tiene sentido en el contexto que lo escuche

efectivamente, un chumbo es un arma de fuego. chumbar también es una forma coloquial de decir "ladrar" (to bark, not related to "ladrón"). also, in football (soccer for you my gringo friend), chumbar is to kick the ball really hard (the argie equivalent of a fastball, maybe?)

Originally Posted by martin_g

efectivamente, un chumbo es un arma de fuego. chumbar también es una forma coloquial de decir "ladrar" (to bark, not related to "ladrón"). also, in football (soccer for you my gringo friend), chumbar is to kick the ball really hard (the argie equivalent of a fastball, maybe?)

haha... to bark like what a dog does?

Originally Posted by amayo

haha... to bark like what a dog does?

Woof!

I mean, yes!

Originally Posted by amayo

haha... to bark like what a dog does?

No....like a cat does. Chumbo is slang for a gun. Kind of like the slang term in English, "Burner."

Es una palabra que deriva del "lunfardo", una jerga originada en Buenos Aires. Significa revólver o pistola. Esta jerga era utilizada por delincuentes y gente de clase baja. Hay todo un diccionario de lunfardo y se pueden encontrar miles de palabras de este tipo.

Originally Posted by chris.r

No....like a cat does. Chumbo is slang for a gun. Kind of like the slang term in English, "Burner."

haha... thanks funny guy!! I´ve never heard of a "burner" before. Is that used for hand guns only like chumbo?

Originally Posted by amayo

haha... thanks funny guy!! I´ve never heard of a "burner" before. Is that used for hand guns only like chumbo?

I heard it used many times in the same way as Chumbo.