Polyglot Dictionary

bate-papo

/batʃiˈpapu/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os bate-papos

Meaning

  1. chat

    Built from bate (beats (from bater)) + papo (chat).

    • Fizemos um bate-papo.

      We had a chat.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • bate beats (from bater)
  • papo chat

Similar words

chat

bate-papo is the native Portuguese term, an informal chat or conversation; chat is the English loanword, specifically for online or text chat.

Practice

1 What does bate-papo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Fizemos um ___-papo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bate-papo?

nouncompound

Last updated