achegar
Portuguese, verb/a.ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/
achegar is spelled A-C-H-E-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achegar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to bring closer; to put within reach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aproximar”.
What does achegar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bring closer; to put within reach
- 2
to come closer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aproximar 2. unir 3. levar uma fêmea doméstica a ser acasalada por um macho, copular 4. fazer que dois bois lutem
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 achegar
- achego first-person present singular
- acheguei first-person preterite singular
- achegado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- achegares infinitive second-person singular
- achegarmos first-person infinitive plural
- achegardes infinitive plural second-person
- achegarem infinitive plural third-person
- achegando gerund
- achegados masculine participle past
- achegada feminine participle past
- achegadas feminine participle past
- achegas indicative present second-person
- achega indicative present singular
- achegamos first-person indicative plural
- achegais indicative plural present
- achegam indicative plural present
- achegava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achegar?
- Brazil /a.ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.ʃeˈɡa(h)]
- /a.ʃeˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is achegar in Portuguese?
achegar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).