agachar
Portuguese, verb/a.ɡaˈʃa(ʁ)/
agachar is spelled A-G-A-C-H-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agachar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to crouch; to squat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “acocorar”.
What does agachar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crouch; to squat
- 2
to bend down; to duck
- 3
to surrender
- 4
to hide
- 5
to suddenly start an action
O cavalo agachou-se a pinotear.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. acocorar 2. abaixar
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 agachar
- agacho first-person present singular
- agachei first-person preterite singular
- agachado participle past
- agachares infinitive second-person singular
- agacharmos first-person infinitive plural
- agachardes infinitive plural second-person
- agacharem infinitive plural third-person
- agachando gerund
- agachados masculine participle past
- agachada feminine participle past
- agachadas feminine participle past
- agachas indicative present second-person
- agacha indicative present singular
- agachamos first-person indicative plural
- agachais indicative plural present
- agacham indicative plural present
- agachava first-person imperfect indicative
- agachavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agachar?
- Brazil /a.ɡaˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.ɡaˈʃa(h)]
- /a.ɡaˈʃa(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 agachar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agachar in Portuguese?
agachar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).