xamate

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta). from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is ambushed/conquered”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈma.t͡ʃi/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈma.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: xa‧ma‧te

Noun

xamate m (plural xamates)

1. (chess) checkmate (conclusive victory in a game of chess)

   Synonyms: xaque-mate, xeque-mate

Related terms

• chá-mate

Further reading

• “xamate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• xamate on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt