achar

• achaar, achara

From Hindustani اچار / अचार (acār), from Classical Persian آچار (āčār).^[1]

achar (countable and uncountable, plural achars)

1. (North India) A spicy and salty pickle in Indian cuisine.

• Chara, chara

From Old Galician-Portuguese achar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin afflāre (“to blow”). Cognate with Portuguese achar, Asturian afayar and Spanish hallar.

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [aˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧char

achar (first-person singular present acho, first-person singular preterite achei, past participle achado)

1. (transitive, now rare) to find, come upon

   Synonym: atopar

   • 1555, Hernán Nunez, Refranes en Romance:

     Ala me leue Deus, donde ache dos meus

     May God take me to places where I come upon my people

2. (transitive, dated) to find, find out; to think

   Synonyms: coidar, pensar

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:

     prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre

     they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower

• ao chou

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “achar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “achar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “achar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “achar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “achar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Irish ochair (“edge”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *okris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óḱris (compare Latin ocris (“rugged mountain”), Ancient Greek ὄκρις (ókris, “sharp edge”)), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxəɾˠ/

achar m (genitive singular achair)

1. distance, extent
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 7:

     ḱē n t-axr̥, ə tā ən drehəd šin æš šo?

     [Cén t-achar atá an droichead sin as seo?]

     How far is that bridge from here?

     (literally, “What distance…”)

2. period of time
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:

     ə wakə tū n bĭaiəx ūd lomsə, a çȧn̄ə mē tā axr̥ gȧŕəȷ?

     [An bhfaca tú an beithíoch úd liomsa a cheannaigh mé tá achar gairid?]

     Did you see that cow of mine that I bought a short time ago?

3. (geometry) area

• Achar an Dá Lá Dhéag (“the Twelve Days of Christmas; Epiphany”)

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “achar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 3
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “achar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “achar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “achar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “achar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

From Malay acar, from Classical Malay اچر (acar), from Classical Persian آچار (āčār, “pickle, marinade”). Compare Indonesian acar. Etymologically unrelated to Portuguese achar or its Macanese descendant achâ.

achar

1. achar (preserve or pickle, made of spring onions, cabbage, coconut, apple, pear, etc. in vinegar and salt, (formerly) eaten as an appetizer or a street food using toothpicks)

   comê achar ― to eat achar

• Not to be confused with achâ or ach'á.
• Different from the Indian pickle achar, as this is not spicy.

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#achar
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “achar”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 143

Inherited from Latin afflāre.

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

achar

1. to find

• Galician: achar
• Portuguese: achar (see there for further descendants)

• Universo Cantigas - "achar"

achar

1. alternative form of aicher

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ɐˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʃa(ɹ)/

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• Hyphenation: a‧char

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

achar (first-person singular present acho, first-person singular preterite achei, past participle achado)

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

   Synonym: encontrar

   Preciso de achar as chaves da minha casa.

   I need to find the keys to my house.

   Nenhum dos estudantes achou a resposta correta.

   None of the students found the correct answer.

   • 2011, Sérgio Estrella, Rafael Neves, Rodrigo Estevam, Sérgio Oliveira, Alex Sandro de Mattos, Coleção Nintendo Blast - Ano 2, GameBlast, page 35:

     Apesar de as fases serem enormes e terem uma duração máxima de 60 minutos, existe o recurso de quick save. Afinal, não faria sentido e não seria nada cômodo comprar um jogo portátil que não se pode jogar a qualquer hora e em qualquer lugar, sem precisar se preocupar em achar um save point ou terminar a fase para poder salvar.

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2. (ditransitive, copulative for the second object) to find; to consider (to have the opinion that a given thing has the given quality)

   Synonym: considerar

   Acho essa casa muito feia.

   I find that house very ugly.

   Acharam o filme interessante.

   They found the film interesting.

   • 1911, Emília Moncorvo Bandeira de Melo, chapter VIII, in A Luta:

     Aproximou-se mais, com os olhinhos injetados, e a moça encolheu-se, achando-o medonho.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (ditransitive, copulative for the second object) to find (to come across something in the given state)

   Synonym: encontrar

   Caminhei até a vila e achei-a inundada.

   I walked to the village and found it flooded.

4. (transitive) to think (to have the given opinion) [with que ‘that’]

   Synonyms: pensar que, crer que

   Acho que vocês deviam ir embora.

   I think you all should go away.

   Acho que sim.

   I think so.

   • 1899, Machado de Assis, chapter LXXXIX, in Dom Casmurro‎^[1], Obliqpress, published 2013:

     — Você acha que não deve ir? perguntou-lhe minha mãe.
     — Acho que não. Que amizade é essa que eu nunca vi?

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   • 1912, João do Rio, A Bella Madame Vargas, Rio de Janeiro: F. Briguiet & C^ia, 2nd Act, page 128:

     Não discuto o acaso, que tem contingencias. Nada é moral. Mas acho que tudo é digno quando se procura conservar com sacrificio de um, de cem, ou de um milhão d’homens a honra de uma senhora.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (transitive) to think (to have an opinion regarding the worth of someone or something) [with de ‘of/about/concerning someone/something’]

   Synonym: pensar

   O que acharam do novo livro?

   What did they think of the new book?

   Me diga o que você acha.

   Let me know what you think.

6. (pronominal, copulative) to be (in the given state or condition)

   Synonyms: estar, encontrar-se

   O livro se acha aberto.

   The book is open.

   • 1752, Matias Aires, chapter LXXX, in Reflexões sobre a Vaidade dos Homens (Dissertation); republished Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1980:

     A virtude muitas vezes se acha com mistura de algum vício; no vício também se podem encontrar alguns raios de virtude; incapazes de um ser constante, e sólido, apenas se pode dar em nós virtude sem mancha, ou perfeito vício: a justiça também se compõe de iniquidade, semelhante à harmonia, que não pode subsistir sem dissonância, antes com correspondência certa, a dissonância é uma parte da harmonia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

7. (slang, pronominal) to be arrogant or act arrogantly; to think too highly of oneself

   Aquele otário está se achando com seu carro rebaixado.

   That sucker is being arrogant with his lowrider.

   • 2010, Guilherme & Santiago, “Tá Se Achando”, in Ao Vivo no Trio:

     Tá se achando bacana, gostosa, um mulherão / Rasga dinheiro, tem gelo dentro do coração / Tá se achando bacana, gostosa, um mulherão / Pintou saudade, tô sabendo, vai correr pro meu portão

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• achar menos

• inchar
• soprar

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: otca
• Kabuverdianu: atcha
• Macanese: achâ

From Hindi आचार (ācār) and Urdu آچار (āćār), from Persian آچار (âčâr).

achar m (plural achares)

1. achar (a spicy and salty pickle of Indian cuisine)

• “achar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025