chão

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) ground, soil, earth
2. (masculine) floor
3. (masculine, poetic) land
4. (masculine, obsolete) plain
5. (Brazil, informal, masculine) a period of time between the present and a future event

Adj

flat, level, even, smooth

Concepts

floor

ground

earth

soil

flat

flooring

put down

smooth

terra firma

bottom

solid ground

dry land

Earth

even

land

level

Synonyms

terra

solo

assoalho

piso

soalho

plano

chato

raso

terra firme

no

pavimento

pôr

relevo

Translations

suelo

sol

Boden

terra

plancher

terre

sòl

Erde

pavimento

solum

Grund

grond

suolo

vloer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: plānum

Cognate with Galician: chan

Cognate with Spanish: llano

Inherited from Latin: plānus

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chão (“ground”), from Latin plānum (“level ground”) < plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Compare Galician chan and Spanish llano. Doublet of plano, porão, piano, lhano, and flete.

Sentences

O mar é lindo no chão .

The sea is beautiful on the ground.

Tudo na bolsa e a bolsa no chão .

Everything in the bag and the bag on the floor.

Crianças dormindo no chão .

Children sleeping on the floor.

Muita maçã vermelha caiu no chão .

A lot of red apple fell to the ground.

Quando chegar a outubro , abra o chão e abra o mar .

When October comes, open the ground and open the sea.

Uma criança coloca metade em um colchão e metade no chão .

A child places half on a mattress and half on the floor.