resma

See also: Resma

Portuguese

Etymology

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

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/

• Hyphenation: res‧ma

Noun

resma f (plural resmas)

1. ream (bundle of paper)

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

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