chamo

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈmʊ/

Verb

chamo

first-person singular present indicative of chamar

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French chameau (“camel”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃãˈmo/

Noun

chamo

camel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

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

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

Verb

chamo

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)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

macho
mocha

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