achar

• achaar, achara

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

achar (countable and uncountable, plural achars)

1. (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

• “achar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “achar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “achar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “achar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “achar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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, 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, 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
• Entries containing “achar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “achar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “achar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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)/
• 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.

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.

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 with que) to think; to think that (to have the given opinion)

   Synonyms: pensar que, crer que

   Acho que vocês deviam ir embora.

   I think you all should go away.

   Acho que sim.

   I think so.

5. (transitive with de) to think of (to have an opinion regarding the worth of someone or 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. (takes a reflexive pronoun, copulative) to be (in the given state or condition)

   Synonyms: estar, encontrar-se

   O livro se acha aberto.

   The book is open.

7. (slang, takes a reflexive pronoun) 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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:achar.

• inchar
• soprar

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: otca
• Kabuverdianu: atcha

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)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:achar.

• “achar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.