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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- 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)
- blackmail
Etymology 2
From chantar (“to plant”) + -agem.[1]
Noun
chantagem f (plural chantagens)
- planting
Etymology 3
From Latin plantāgō.[1]
Noun
chantagem f (plural chantagens)
- a forb from the species Plantago major
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