changê

See also: change, changé, chànge, Cháng'é, and 'Change

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French changer (“to exchange”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈʒe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈʒe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈʒe/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐ̃ˈʒe/

• Hyphenation: chan‧gê

Interjection

changê

1. (Brazil) A command used during quadrilha dances to tell the participants to swap pairs. Part of a set of festa junina expressions.

See also

• alavantú
• anarriê
• balancê