acanhar
Portuguese, verb/a.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
acanhar is spelled A-C-A-N-H-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese, the 185,713th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acanhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to atrophy; to hinder the development” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não deixar crescer”.
What does acanhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to atrophy; to hinder the development
- 2
to embarrass; to make shy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. não deixar crescer 2. tornar-se tímido
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 acanhar
- acanho first-person present singular
- acanhei first-person preterite singular
- acanhado participle past
- acanhares infinitive second-person singular
- acanharmos first-person infinitive plural
- acanhardes infinitive plural second-person
- acanharem infinitive plural third-person
- acanhando gerund
- acanhados masculine participle past
- acanhada feminine participle past
- acanhadas feminine participle past
- acanhas indicative present second-person
- acanha indicative present singular
- acanhamos first-person indicative plural
- acanhais indicative plural present
- acanham indicative plural present
- acanhava first-person imperfect indicative
- acanhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acanhar?
- Brazil /a.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]
- /a.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acanhar in Portuguese?
acanhar appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).