chape
Portuguese, verb
chape is spelled C-H-A-P-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chape is a Portuguese verb meaning “first/third-person singular present subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chape mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-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. som emitido ao bater um objeto sólido em um líquido de forma contínua e regular, como passos ao caminhar em terreno lamacento
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.
English words that translate to chape
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chape in Portuguese?
chape 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).