champô

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• xampu (Brazil)
• (unadapted form) shampoo

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo, from Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā, “to press, knead”), from the Sanskrit चपयति (capayati, “to pound, knead”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈpo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈpo/

• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: cham‧pô

Noun

champô m (plural champôs)

1. (Portugal) shampoo