chamo
English
Noun
chamo (plural chamo or chamos)
- Alternative form of jamo.
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃɐˈmʊ/
Verb
chamo
- first-person singular present indicative of chamar
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French chameau (“camel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃãˈmo/
Noun
chamo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃɐ̃.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃɐ.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃɐ.mu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.mu/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mu
- Hyphenation: cha‧mo
Verb
chamo
- first-person singular present indicative of chamar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃamo/ [ˈt͡ʃa.mo]
- Rhymes: -amo
- Syllabification: cha‧mo
Noun
chamo m (plural chamos, feminine chama, feminine plural chamas)
- (Venezuela, colloquial) kid, child
- (South America, often derogatory) a Venezuelan immigrant
Further reading
- “chamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024