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changê

Portuguese, interjection/ʃɐ̃ˈʒe/

changê is spelled C-H-A-N-G-Ê (6 letters). Changê is a Portuguese interjection meaning “A command used during quadrilha dances to tell the participants to swap pairs. Part of a set of festa junina expressions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does changê mean in English?

interjection

  1. 1

    BrazilA command used during quadrilha dances to tell the participants to swap pairs. Part of a set of festa junina expressions.

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

How do you pronounce changê?

  • Brazil /ʃɐ̃ˈʒe/

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

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