acompanhar
Portuguese, verb/a.kõ.pɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
acompanhar is spelled A-C-O-M-P-A-N-H-A-R (10 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,182nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acompanhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to accompany” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer companhia a”.
What does acompanhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to accompany
- 2
to follow, to monitor
Nós estamos a acompanhar a situação no Conselho de Estado.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer companhia a 2. andar ou ter companhia
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 acompanhar
- acompanho first-person present singular
- acompanhei first-person preterite singular
- acompanhado participle past
- acompanhares infinitive second-person singular
- acompanharmos first-person infinitive plural
- acompanhardes infinitive plural second-person
- acompanharem infinitive plural third-person
- acompanhando gerund
- acompanhados masculine participle past
- acompanhada feminine participle past
- acompanhadas feminine participle past
- acompanhas indicative present second-person
- acompanha indicative present singular
- acompanhamos first-person indicative plural
- acompanhais indicative plural present
- acompanham indicative plural present
- acompanhava first-person imperfect indicative
- acompanhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acompanhar?
- Brazil /a.kõ.pɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.kõ.pɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]
- /a.kõ.pɐ̃ˈɲa(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 acompanhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acompanhar in Portuguese?
acompanhar appears 43 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).