Polyglot Dictionary

chão

/ˈʃɐ̃w̃/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os chãos

Meaning

  1. floor, ground

    • A criança brinca sentada no chão.

      The child plays sitting on the floor.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Boden

Boden is the German word for the same thing — both mean "floor, ground."

French

sol

sol is the French word for the same thing — both mean "floor, ground."

Practice

1 What does chão mean?

2 Fill the gap: A criança brinca sentada no ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chão?

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