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chute.

kick (hit or strike with the leg or foot)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃu.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈʃu.tɨ/Portugal/ˈt͡ʃu.tɨ/Northern, Portugal
  1. kick (hit or strike with the leg or foot)

    masculine
  2. shot; kick (act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal)

    masculine
  3. hunch, guess (prediction about the outcome of something)

    Brazil · informal · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti? Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.? Proto-Germanic *skeutaną Proto-West Germanic *skeutan Old English sċēotan Middle English schoten English shootbor. Portuguese chute Borrowed from English shoot. First attested in 1902 as shoot and 1920 as chute, initially referring to soccer and later expanded to any kind of kick. Doublet of chuto.

verb/ˈʃu.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈʃu.tɨ/Portugal/ˈt͡ʃu.tɨ/Northern, Portugal
  1. inflection of chutar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of chutar: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
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