chia
Portuguese, verb/ˈʃi.ɐ/
chia is spelled C-H-I-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chia is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chia 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. ato de chiar, emissão de sons agudos estridentes 2. conjunto de chios
noun: 1. planta da espécie Salvia hispanica, cultivada pelo seu valor nutricional, nativa da região do México até Colômbia
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 chia?
- Brazil /ˈʃi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʃi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chia in Portuguese?
chia 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).