chamar.
to call; to summon (to ask someone to come)
Meaning & usage
to call; to summon (to ask someone to come)
Há uma partida amanhã, chamem os seus/vossos amigos.
to call, to name (to use as the name of)
Os botânicos chamam àquele tipo de árvore (de) gimnosperma.
chamar alguém de verdadeiro amigo
to call, to label
Eles o chamaram de idiota, de mentiroso.
Chamaram-me feio na escola.
to be called (to have a specific name)
Olá, chamo-me Pedro.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chamar, from Latin clāmāre (“to cry out”). Doublet of clamar, a learned borrowing. Cognate with Galician chamar, Catalan clamar, Italian chiamare and Spanish llamar.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.