chamar

English

Borrowed from Hindi चमार (camār, “tanner”).

chamar (plural chamars)

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.

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

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

Conjugation of chamar

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

(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)]

chamar (first-person singular present indicative chamo, 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.
(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, me chamo Pedro.
Hi, I’m called Peter.

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb chamar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	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	chamamos chamámos	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)	-	chames	chame	chamemos	chameis	chamem

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:chamar.

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