chamar
Portuguese, verb/ʃaˈma(ʁ)/
chamar is spelled C-H-A-M-A-R (6 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 889th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chamar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to call; to summon (to ask someone to come)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “solicitar a atenção ou a aproximação de alguém ou de algum animal (com palavras ou sinais)”.
What does chamar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to call; to summon (to ask someone to come)
Há uma partida amanhã, chamem os seus/vossos amigos.
- 2
to call, to name (to use as the name of)
Os botânicos chamam àquele tipo de árvore (de) gimnosperma.
- 3
derogatoryto call, to label
Eles o chamaram de idiota, de mentiroso.
- 4
to be called (to have a specific name)
Olá, chamo-me Pedro.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. solicitar a atenção ou a aproximação de alguém ou de algum animal (com palavras ou sinais) 2. gritar por alguém ou alguma coisa 3. convocar 4. invocar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chamar
- chamo first-person present singular
- chamei first-person preterite singular
- chamado participle past
- chamares infinitive second-person singular
- chamarmos first-person infinitive plural
- chamardes infinitive plural second-person
- chamarem infinitive plural third-person
- chamando gerund
- chamados masculine participle past
- chamada feminine participle past
- chamadas feminine participle past
- chamas indicative present second-person
- chama indicative present singular
- chamamos first-person indicative plural
- chamais indicative plural present
- chamam indicative plural present
- chamava first-person imperfect indicative
- chamavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chamar?
- Brazil /ʃaˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʃaˈma(h)]
- /ʃaˈma(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chamar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chamar in Portuguese?
chamar appears 110 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).