English

Noun

chamar ‎(plural chamars)

1. A member of a Hindu caste who works in leather; a tanner or leather-worker.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Sending of Dana Da’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, page 419:

     It is not strictly a native patent, though chamars of the skin and hide castes can, if irritated, despatch a Sending which sits on the breast of their enemy by night and nearly kills him.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin clāmāre, present active infinitive of clamō ‎(“cry out”).

Verb

chamar ‎(first-person singular present chamo, first-person singular preterite chamei, past participle chamado)

1. to call; to refer to (by name)

   Chámome Alejandro e nacín en 1953. — "I am called Alejandro and was born in 1953."

2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of chamar
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of chamar

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Old Portuguese chamar ‎(“call”), from Latin clamāre, present active infinitive of clamō. Compare Spanish llamar.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.ˈmaɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.ˈma(ʁ)/
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): [ʃɐ.ˈma(ɹ)], [ʃɐ.ˈma(ɾ)]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [ʃa.ˈma(ɻ)], [ʃa.ˈma(ɾ)]
  • (Carioca) IPA^(key): [ʃɐ.ˈma(χ)]
  • (Nordestino) IPA^(key): [ʃɐ.ˈma(h)]

Verb

chamar ‎(first-person singular present indicative chamo, past participle chamado)

1. (transitive) to call; to summon (to ask someone to come)

   Tem uma partida amanhã, chamem seus amigos.‎

   There is a match tomorrow, call your friends.

2. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de) to call (to use as the name of)

   Os botânicos chamam aquele tipo de árvore de gimnosperma.‎

   Botanists call that type of tree a gymnosperm.

3. (ditransitive, copulative with de for the second object) to call (to verbally ascribe someone a quality)

   Me chamaram de feio na escola.‎

   They called me ugly at school.

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive) to be called (to have a specific name)

   Olá, me chamo Pedro.‎

   Hi, I’m called Peter.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:chamar.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to give a name): nomear, denominar, designar
• (to summon): clamar, invocar, convocar

Related terms

• chamada, chamado, chamador, chamamento
• chamariz, chamarisco