chá-mate

Portuguese

Etymology

From chá (“tea”) +‎ mate (“maté”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʃaˈma.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʃaˈma.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʃaˈma.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌʃaˈma.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌʃaˈma.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃaˈma.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: chá‧-ma‧te

Noun

chá-mate m (plural chá-mates)

1. maté (a beverage prepared from the leaves of maté)

   Synonym: (Brazil) chimarrão

Related terms

• xamate

Further reading

• “chá-mate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024