🇵🇹 Portuguese

chama

Chama is feminine in Portuguese. The article is a, so the full form is a chama ("flame").

FEMININE

a chama

flame

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chama
/ˈʃɐmɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say chama in Portuguese?

IPA
/ˈʃɐmɐ/

How do you pronounce chama in Portuguese?

chama is pronounced /ˈʃɐmɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A chama da vela é pequena.

The candle's flame is small.

Uma chama brilhante iluminava o quarto.

A bright flame lit up the room.

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Why is it feminine?

Chama is feminine because it ends in -a; from Latin flamma, with fl- becoming ch- in Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for flame?

The Portuguese word for flame is a chama — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianfiammalafeminine
🇫🇷 Frenchflammelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishllamalafeminine

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