chamar

English

Alternative forms

chamaar, choomar, chumar

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चमार (camār)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /tʃəˈmɑː/

Noun

chamar (plural chamars)

A member of a Tribe who works in leather and Agriculture; 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 Galician and Old Portuguese chamar, from Latin clāmāre, present active infinitive of clamō (“cry out”). Compare Spanish llamar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈmaɾ/

Verb

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

to call; to refer to (by name)
Chámome Alejandro e nacín en 1953 ― "I am called Alejandro and was born in 1953"
(transitive) to call, summon
Quen chama? ― "Who's calling?"
(transitive with por) to call, summon
- 2016, Malandrómeda, Chegar e encher [song]:
  Cando voltei, cheguei e enchín,
  choran os problemas e chaman por min;
  non sei moi ben se hoxe vou ser quen
  de pasar de lado como se non fora comigo
  When I came back, and pulled it off at the first attempt [veni, vidi, vici]
  the troubles cry and call me;
  I'm not sure if today I'll be capable
  of passing by as if that's not me
Chama por ela ― "Call her"
to invoke
Synonym: invocar
(transitive) to goad; to steer, guide (the cattle, a yoke)
Synonym: afalar
first/third-person singular future subjunctive of chamar
first/third-person singular personal infinitive of chamar

Conjugation

Conjugation of chamar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	chamar
personal	chamar	chamares	chamar	chamarmos	chamardes	chamaren
Gerund
	chamando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	chamado			chamados
feminine	chamada			chamadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	chamo	chamas	chama	chamamos	chamades	chaman
imperfect	chamaba	chamabas	chamaba	chamabamos	chamabades	chamaban
preterite	chamei	chamaches	chamou	chamamos	chamastes	chamaron
pluperfect	chamara	chamaras	chamara	chamaramos	chamarades	chamaran
future	chamarei	chamarás	chamará	chamaremos	chamaredes	chamarán
conditional	chamaría	chamarías	chamaría	chamariamos	chamariades	chamarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	chame	chames	chame	chamemos	chamedes	chamen
preterite	chamase	chamases	chamase	chamásemos	chamásedes	chamasen
future	chamar	chamares	chamar	chamarmos	chamardes	chamaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	chama	chame	chamemos	chamade	chamen
negative	–	chames	chame	chamemos	chamedes	chamen

Derived terms

rechamar

References

“chamar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“chamar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“chamar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“chamar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“chamar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese chamar (“call”), from Latin clamāre, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”). Compare Spanish llamar. Doublet of clamar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈma(ʁ)/ [ʃaˈma(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈma(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈma(ʁ)/ [ʃaˈma(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈma(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈmaɾ/

(Brazil Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.ˈma(h)/
(Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɐˈmaɾ], [ˈt͡ʃɐˈma.ɾɨ]
Audio (Oporto, Portugal) (file)
Hyphenation: cha‧mar

Verb

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

(transitive) to call; to summon (to ask someone to come)
Há uma partida amanhã, chamem seus amigos.
There is a match tomorrow, call your friends.
Synonyms: clamar, invocar, convocar
(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.
(ditransitive, copulative with de for the second object) to call (to verbally ascribe someone a quality)
chamaram-me de feio na escola.
They called me ugly at school.
(takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive) to be called (to have a specific name)
Olá, chamo-me Pedro.
Hi, I’m called Peter.
Synonyms: nomear, denominar, designar

Conjugation

Conjugation of chamar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	chamar
Personal	chamar	chamares	chamar	chamarmos	chamardes	chamarem
Gerund
	chamando
Past participle
Masculine	chamado			chamados
Feminine	chamada			chamadas
Indicative
Present	chamo	chamas	chama	chamamos	chamais	chamam
Imperfect	chamava	chamavas	chamava	chamávamos	chamáveis	chamavam
Preterite	chamei	chamaste	chamou	chamamos¹, chamámos²	chamastes	chamaram
Pluperfect	chamara	chamaras	chamara	chamáramos	chamáreis	chamaram
Future	chamarei	chamarás	chamará	chamaremos	chamareis	chamarão
Conditional
	chamaria	chamarias	chamaria	chamaríamos	chamaríeis	chamariam
Subjunctive
Present	chame	chames	chame	chamemos	chameis	chamem
Imperfect	chamasse	chamasses	chamasse	chamássemos	chamásseis	chamassem
Future	chamar	chamares	chamar	chamarmos	chamardes	chamarem
Imperative
Affirmative		chama	chame	chamemos	chamai	chamem
Negative (não)		não chames	não chame	não chamemos	não chameis	não chamem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:chamar.

Related terms

chamada, chamado, chamador, chamamento
chamariz, chamarisco