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achar.

to find; to encounter (to come across something that was unknown or had been lost)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/aˈʃa(ʁ)/Brazil[aˈʃa(h)]Brazil/aˈʃa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/aˈʃa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to find; to encounter (to come across something that was unknown or had been lost)

    transitive
    Preciso de achar as chaves da minha casa.
    Nenhum dos estudantes achou a resposta correta.
  2. to find; to consider (to have the opinion that a given thing has the given quality)

    copulative · ditransitive
    Acho essa casa muito feia.
    Acharam o filme interessante.
  3. to find (to come across something in the given state)

    copulative · ditransitive
    Caminhei até a vila e achei-a inundada.
  4. to think (to have the given opinion)

    transitive
    Acho que vocês deviam ir embora.
    Acho que sim.
  5. to think (to have an opinion regarding the worth of someone or something)

    transitive
    O que acharam do novo livro?
    Me diga o que você acha.
  6. to be (in the given state or condition)

    copulative · pronominal
    O livro se acha aberto.
  7. to be arrogant or act arrogantly; to think too highly of oneself

    pronominal · slang
    Aquele otário está se achando com seu carro rebaixado.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese achar, from Latin afflāre. Compare Galician achar and Spanish hallar.

noun/aˈʃa(ʁ)/Brazil[aˈʃa(h)]Brazil/aˈʃa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/aˈʃa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. achar (a spicy and salty pickle of Indian cuisine)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Hindi आचार (ācār), Malay achar, Urdu آچار (ācār), from Classical Persian آچَار (āčār).

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