chamar nomes
Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “to call names”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃaˈma(ʁ) ˈnõ.mis/ [ʃaˈma(h) ˈnõ.mis]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʃaˈma(ɾ) ˈnõ.mis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʃaˈma(ʁ) ˈnõ.miʃ/ [ʃaˈma(χ) ˈnõ.miʃ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ʃaˈma(ɻ) ˈnõ.mis/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃaˈma(ʁ) ˈno.mes/ [ʃaˈma(h) ˈno.mes]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɐˈmaɾ ˈno.mɨʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɐˈmaɾ ˈno.mɨʃ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɐˈma.ɾi ˈno.mɨʃ/
- Hyphenation: cha‧mar, no‧mes
Verb
chamar nomes (first-person singular present chamo nomes, first-person singular preterite chamei nomes, past participle chamado nomes)
- (Portugal, chiefly childish) to insult
- Synonym: insultar
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chamar, nomes.
Further reading
- “chamar nomes”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026