chanfro
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃɐ̃.fɾu/
chanfro is spelled C-H-A-N-F-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chanfro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chamfer (obtuse-angled edge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of chanfrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corte diagonal na extremidade de objetos para formar uma borda com ângulos”.
What does chanfro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechamfer (obtuse-angled edge)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of chanfrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corte diagonal na extremidade de objetos para formar uma borda com ângulos 2. cavidade do punho de uma baioneta para se acoplar à espingarda 3. cavidade existente no nariz de certos mamíferos, como cavalo.
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 chanfro
- chanfros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chanfro?
- Brazil /ˈʃɐ̃.fɾu/
- Portugal /ˈʃɐ̃.fɾu/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃɐ̃.fɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chanfro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chanfro in Portuguese?
chanfro appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).