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chamativo

Portuguese, adjective/ʃa.maˈt͡ʃi.vu/

chamativo is spelled C-H-A-M-A-T-I-V-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chamativo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “eye-catching, attention-grabbing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que chama à vista de forma exagerada”.

What does chamativo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    eye-catching, attention-grabbing

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que chama à vista de forma exagerada 2. relativo a chamamento

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 chamativo

  • chamativa feminine
  • chamativos masculine plural
  • chamativas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce chamativo?

  • Brazil /ʃa.maˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • Portugal /ʃɐ.mɐˈti.vu/
  • Portugal /t͡ʃɐ.mɐˈti.bu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to chamativo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is chamativo in Portuguese?

chamativo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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