aconchego
Portuguese, noun/a.kõˈʃe.ɡu/
aconchego is spelled A-C-O-N-C-H-E-G-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aconchego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cosiness (state or quality of being cosy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of aconchegar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agasalho, abrigo”.
What does aconchego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecosiness (state or quality of being cosy)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of aconchegar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. agasalho, abrigo 2. amparo, proteção
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 aconchego
- aconchegos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aconchego?
- Brazil /a.kõˈʃe.ɡu/
- Portugal /ɐ.kõˈʃe.ɡu/
- Portugal [ɐ.kõˈʃe.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aconchego
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aconchego in Portuguese?
aconchego appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).