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)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃaˈma(ʁ)/
Etymology
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.
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