acolher
Portuguese, verb/a.koˈʎe(ʁ)/
acolher is spelled A-C-O-L-H-E-R (7 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,197th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acolher is a Portuguese verb meaning “to lodge or shelter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar acolhida; agasalhar; hospedar; amparar; proteger; abrigar”.
What does acolher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lodge or shelter
- 2
to welcome (to accept something willingly or gladly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar acolhida; agasalhar; hospedar; amparar; proteger; abrigar 2. fazer recepção, receber bem 3. receber ou aceitar bem (ideia, opinião, ideologia): 4. procurar refúgio, abrigo
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 acolher
- acolho first-person present singular
- acolhi first-person preterite singular
- acolhido participle past
- acolheres infinitive second-person singular
- acolhermos first-person infinitive plural
- acolherdes infinitive plural second-person
- acolherem infinitive plural third-person
- acolhendo gerund
- acolhidos masculine participle past
- acolhida feminine participle past
- acolhidas feminine participle past
- acolhes indicative present second-person
- acolhe indicative present singular
- acolhemos first-person indicative plural
- acolheis indicative plural present
- acolhem indicative plural present
- acolhia first-person imperfect indicative
- acolhias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acolher?
- Brazil /a.koˈʎe(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.koˈʎe(h)]
- /a.koˈʎe(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 acolher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acolher in Portuguese?
acolher appears 5.0 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).