achaque
Portuguese, noun/aˈʃa.ki/
achaque is spelled A-C-H-A-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 145,565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achaque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “frequent but minor malaise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença leve ou mal-estar sem gravidade”.
What does achaque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefrequent but minor malaise
- 2
masculinea moral or behavioural flaw; a vice
- 3
masculinean excuse for doing something; a pretext
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença leve ou mal-estar sem gravidade 2. vício
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 achaque
- achaques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achaque?
- Brazil /aˈʃa.ki/
- Portugal /ɐˈʃa.kɨ/
- Portugal /ɐtˈʃa.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is achaque in Portuguese?
achaque appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).