agachamento
Portuguese, noun/a.ɡa.ʃaˈmẽ.tu/
agachamento is spelled A-G-A-C-H-A-M-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agachamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “squat (position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de agachar”.
What does agachamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesquat (position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet)
- 2
masculinesquat (weightlifting: exercise)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de agachar
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 agachamento
- agachamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agachamento?
- Brazil /a.ɡa.ʃaˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /ɐ.ɡa.ʃɐˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal [ɐ.ɣa.ʃɐˈmẽ.tu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to agachamento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agachamento in Portuguese?
agachamento appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).