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]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeʒ.mɐ/

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

Noun

resma f (plural resmas)

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

Derived terms

resmas de

References

^ “resma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
^ “resma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

resma f (plural resmas)

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

Further reading

“resma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

armés, armes, mares, meras, mersa, mesar, remás, remas

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