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atchim

Portuguese, interjection/aˈt͡ʃĩ/

atchim is spelled A-T-C-H-I-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atchim is a Portuguese interjection meaning “achoo! (sound of a sneeze)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressa que se está a dar espirro”.

What does atchim mean in English?

interjection

  1. 1

    achoo! (sound of a sneeze)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

interjection: 1. expressa que se está a dar espirro

noun: 1. onomatopeia de espirro

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 atchim

  • atchim! canonical

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce atchim?

  • Brazil /aˈt͡ʃĩ/
  • Portugal /ɐtˈʃĩ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to atchim

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is atchim in Portuguese?

atchim appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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