chamusca
Portuguese, verb/ʃaˈmus.kɐ/
chamusca is spelled C-H-A-M-U-S-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chamusca is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chamusca mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município e freguesia portugueses do distrito de Santarém
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.
How do you pronounce chamusca?
- Brazil /ʃaˈmus.kɐ/
- /ʃaˈmuʃ.kɐ/
- Portugal /ʃɐˈmuʃ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chamusca in Portuguese?
chamusca appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).