xadrez

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine,uncountable) chess
2. (masculine,uncountable) checkered pattern
3. (masculine,metonymically,uncountable) jail; prison

Adj

checkered

Hyphenated as

xa‧drez

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃaˈdɾe(j)s/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese axadrez, enxadrez, from Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “chess”), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cátur-aṅga, literally “four parts”) (of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers).
Cognate with Galician xadrez, Asturian axedrez, Mirandese xadreç, Spanish ajedrez and Aragonese axedrez.

Sentences

A vida é como um jogo de xadrez , muda a cada movimento .

Life is like a game of chess, it changes with every move.

Esse é o único jogo de xadrez que eu já joguei .

This is the only chess game I've ever played.