chama
Meaning
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- (feminine) flame (visible part of fire)
- (feminine,figuratively) flame (great zeal or passion)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
cha‧ma
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃɐ̃.mɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese chama, from Latin flamma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlē- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Cognate with Galician chama, and Spanish llama. Doublet of flama.
New
chamar
- (transitive) to call; to summon (to ask someone to come)
- (transitive) to call, to name (to use as the name of)
- (derogatory,transitive) to call, to label
- (pronominal,transitive) to be called (to have a specific name)
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