resma

See also: Resma

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma). Compare Catalan raima and Spanish resma.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁez.mɐ/ [ˈhez.mɐ]

• (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)

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

Derived terms

• resmas de

 

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

Further reading

• “resma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

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