{"id":7976,"date":"2018-04-17T01:29:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T01:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=7976"},"modified":"2018-04-17T01:29:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T01:29:39","slug":"7976-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/7976-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The word ‘chato’ in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feliz segunda, gente! Happy monday, everybody!<\/span><\/p>\n

Or don\u2019t you like them? Some people find them very <\/span>chatas<\/b> (boring). What do you think?<\/span><\/p>\n

Chato <\/b>is a very commonplace adjective in Portuguese and its meaning may very slightly, depending on the context. It has a negative connotation, so it can describe something annoying, irritating and obnoxious, but also something really boring, dull and uninteresting. <\/span><\/p>\n

Today we are going to take a closer look at this word in Portuguese language so you can get get familiarized and start using it!<\/span><\/p>\n

A pron\u00fancia – The pronunciation<\/b><\/p>\n

As we have seen in this post about the sound <\/span>CH<\/span><\/i> in Portuguese,<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/sounds-x-and-ch-in-portugues-brasileiro\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

the <\/span>CH<\/span><\/i> in <\/span>chato<\/b> is pronounced as <\/span>SH<\/span><\/i>, so we say it like <\/span>shato<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suas formas – Its forms<\/b><\/p>\n

In this previous post about adjectives,<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/7053-2\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

we learn that adjectives in our language change according to gender and number. Therefore, this goes for <\/span>chato<\/b>. We have the following forms:<\/span><\/p>\n

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chato – masculine, singular<\/span><\/h3>\n

chata – feminine, singular<\/span><\/h3>\n

chatos – masculine, plural<\/span><\/h3>\n

chatas – feminine, plural<\/span><\/h3>\n

Check out these examples:<\/span><\/p>\n