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acã

Portuguese, noun

acã is spelled A-C-Ã (3 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acã is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Akan (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, acá is a different word: “hither (to here)”. With a cedilla, aça is a different word: “albino (one congenitally lacking melanin)”.

What does acã mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineAkan (language)

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineAkan (people)

adverb

as acá
  1. 1

    archaichither (to here)

adjective

as aça
  1. 1

    Brazilfemininemasculinealbino (congenitally lacking melanin)

noun

as aça
  1. 1

    Brazilfemininemasculinealbino (one congenitally lacking melanin)

adjective

as aça
  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of aço

suffix

as -aca
  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of -aco: -ac

suffix

as -aça
  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of -aço

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. albino

noun: 1. albino 2. mulato alourado

adverb: 1. o mesmo que aqui

interjection: 1. expressão que evoca a atenção do interlocutor ou interlocutores ao proferidor ou a ato ou resultado dos atos deste último

noun: 1. árvore silvestre do Brasil

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of acã

  • aças plural
  • akan alternative
  • acãs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to acã

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is acã in Portuguese?

acã appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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