chima
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃĩ.mɐ/
chima is spelled C-H-I-M-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chima is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nshima” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chima mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenshima
- 2
feminineclipping of chimarrão
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce chima?
- Brazil /ˈʃĩ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʃi.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chima in Portuguese?
chima appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).