chantagem

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈta.ʒẽj̃/ [ʃɐ̃ˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʒẽj̃, (Portugal) -aʒɐ̃j̃
  • Hyphenation: chan‧ta‧gem

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chantage,[1][2][3] from chanter + -age, from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“to sing”), frequentative of canō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

Noun

chantagem f (plural chantagens)

  1. blackmail

Etymology 2

From chantar (“to plant”) +‎ -agem.[1]

Noun

chantagem f (plural chantagens)

  1. planting

Etymology 3

From Latin plantāgō.[1]

Noun

chantagem f (plural chantagens)

  1. a tree from the species Plantago major

References
  1. “chantagem” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “chantagem” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  3. “chantagem” in iDicionário Aulete.
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