chamego
Portuguese, noun/ʃaˈme.ɡu/
chamego is spelled C-H-A-M-E-G-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chamego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “passion, affection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contato corporal sensual e carinhoso entre duas pessoas”.
What does chamego mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilinformalmasculinepassion, affection
- 2
Brazilinformalmasculineintimate, romantic and/or sexual cuddling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. contato corporal sensual e carinhoso entre duas pessoas 2. namoro, flerte 3. afeição, apego (sem conotação sexual) 4. encanto, fascínio, algo provocante
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 chamego
- chamegos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chamego?
- Brazil /ʃaˈme.ɡu/
- Portugal /ʃɐˈme.ɡu/
- Portugal [ʃɐˈme.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chamego in Portuguese?
chamego appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).