achincalhar
Portuguese, verb/a.ʃĩ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/
achincalhar is spelled A-C-H-I-N-C-A-L-H-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achincalhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make fun of; to mock, ridicule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escarnecer, humilhar, rebaixar, ridicularizar”.
What does achincalhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make fun of; to mock, ridicule
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. escarnecer, humilhar, rebaixar, ridicularizar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo achincalhar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo achincalhar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo achincalhar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo achincalhar
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 achincalhar
- achincalho first-person present singular
- achincalhei first-person preterite singular
- achincalhado participle past
- achincalhares infinitive second-person singular
- achincalharmos first-person infinitive plural
- achincalhardes infinitive plural second-person
- achincalharem infinitive plural third-person
- achincalhando gerund
- achincalhados masculine participle past
- achincalhada feminine participle past
- achincalhadas feminine participle past
- achincalhas indicative present second-person
- achincalha indicative present singular
- achincalhamos first-person indicative plural
- achincalhais indicative plural present
- achincalham indicative plural present
- achincalhava first-person imperfect indicative
- achincalhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achincalhar?
- Brazil /a.ʃĩ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.ʃĩ.kaˈʎa(h)]
- Brazil a.ʃĩⁿ.ka.'ʎa
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is achincalhar in Portuguese?
achincalhar appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).