chamo

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈmʊ/

Verb

chamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of chamar

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French chameau (“camel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃãˈmo/

Noun

chamo

1. camel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ̃.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ̃.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ.mo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ.mu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ.mu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.mu/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mu
• Hyphenation: cha‧mo

Verb

chamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of chamar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English chum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃamo/ [ˈt͡ʃa.mo]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: cha‧mo

Noun

chamo m (plural chamos, feminine chama, feminine plural chamas)

1. (Venezuela, colloquial) kid, child
2. (South America, often derogatory) a Venezuelan immigrant

Further reading

• “chamo”, 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

• macho
• mocha