chaves
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃa.vis/
chaves is spelled C-H-A-V-E-S (6 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,936th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaves is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “plural of chave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município brasileiro do estado do Pará”.
What does chaves mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplural of chave
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Pará 2. cidade e município do distrito de Vila Real, Portugal 3. sobrenome
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 chaves?
- Brazil /ˈʃa.vis/
- /ˈʃa.viʃ/
- Portugal /ˈʃa.vɨʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chaves in Portuguese?
chaves appears 30 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).