chamar

Meaning

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)

Concepts

call

name

designate

summon

call out

dub

invoke

label

🏷️

term

hail

ring

💍

phone

☎️

stigmatise

stigmatize

telephone

☎️

call to come

call upon

address

give a name to

appeal to

beckon

brand

call up

challenge

denominate

denounce

mark

order

request

send for

Synonyms

denominar

nomear

telefonar

☎️

invocar

ligar

🔗

apelar

chamar-se

gritar

ouvir

convocar

apelidar

Translations

llamar

appeler

chiamare

noemen

rufen

nennen

nommer

roepen

😢

anrufen

cridar

nombrar

benennen

anomenar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃaˈma(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: clamo

Cognate with Galician: chamar

Cognate with Spanish: llamar

In summary

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