achigã
Portuguese, noun/a.ʃiˈɡɐ̃/
achigã is spelled A-C-H-I-G-Ã (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 169,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achigã is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “largemouth bass (fish of the species Micropterus salmoides)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe de água doce, nativo de América do Norte (da família Micropterus) que se tem tornado invasivo em rios…”.
What does achigã mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelargemouth bass (fish of the species Micropterus salmoides)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe de água doce, nativo de América do Norte (da família Micropterus) que se tem tornado invasivo em rios europeus
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 achigã
- achigãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achigã?
- Brazil /a.ʃiˈɡɐ̃/
- Portugal /ɐ.ʃiˈɡɐ̃/
- Portugal [ɐ.ʃiˈɣɐ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to achigã
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is achigã in Portuguese?
achigã appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).