achar
Portuguese, noun/aˈʃa(ʁ)/
achar is spelled A-C-H-A-R (5 letters) and appears 91 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “achar (a spicy and salty pickle of Indian cuisine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conserva indiana (de peixe, fruta ou vegetal)”.
What does achar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to find; to encounter (to come across something that was unknown or had been lost)
Preciso de achar as chaves da minha casa.
- 2
to find; to consider (to have the opinion that a given thing has the given quality)
Acho essa casa muito feia.
- 3
to find (to come across something in the given state)
Caminhei até a vila e achei-a inundada.
- 4
to think (to have the given opinion)
Acho que vocês deviam ir embora.
- 5
to think (to have an opinion regarding the worth of someone or something)
O que acharam do novo livro?
- 6
to be (in the given state or condition)
O livro se acha aberto.
- 7
slangto be arrogant or act arrogantly; to think too highly of oneself
Aquele otário está se achando com seu carro rebaixado.
noun
- 1
masculineachar (a spicy and salty pickle of Indian cuisine)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conserva indiana (de peixe, fruta ou vegetal)
verb: 1. acreditar, pensar, supor 2. considerar; supor; julgar 3. encontrar (procurando ou não) 4. considerar, pensar
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 achar
- acho first-person present singular
- achei first-person preterite singular
- achado participle past
- achares infinitive second-person singular
- acharmos first-person infinitive plural
- achardes infinitive plural second-person
- acharem infinitive plural third-person
- achando gerund
- achados masculine participle past
- achada feminine participle past
- achadas feminine participle past
- achas indicative present second-person
- acha indicative present singular
- achamos first-person indicative plural
- achais indicative plural present
- acham indicative plural present
- achava first-person imperfect indicative
- achavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achar?
- Brazil /aˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aˈʃa(h)]
- /aˈʃa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to achar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is achar in Portuguese?
achar appears 91 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).