chamar

Signification

1. (transitive) to call; to summon (to ask someone to come)
2. (transitive) to call, to name (to use as the name of)
3. (derogatory,transitive) to call, to label
4. (pronominal,transitive) to be called (to have a specific name)

Coupé comme

cha‧mar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃaˈma(ʁ)/

Étymologie

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chamar, from Latin clamāre (“to cry out”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”). Compare Galician chamar and Spanish llamar. Doublet of clamar, a borrowing.