cacao
Spanish, noun/kaˈkao/
cacao is spelled C-A-C-A-O (5 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,985th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cacao is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cacao tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Theobroma cacao) Árbol de la familia de las malváceas, nativo de Sudamérica, de pequeño porte, hojas anchas…”.
What does cacao mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecacao tree
- 2
masculinecocoa bean, cocoa powder
- 3
colloquialmasculineconfusion
cacao mental
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Theobroma cacao) Árbol de la familia de las malváceas, nativo de Sudamérica, de pequeño porte, hojas anchas y suculentas, y flores de color rosa que fructifican en bayas de gran tamaño con numerosas semillas, que reciben numerosos usos en gastronomía 2. Estas mismas semillas, fermentadas y secadas, empleadas como base para la elaboración de chocolate 3. Polvo soluble que se obtiene de la molienda de estas semillas 4. Bebida, habitualmente dulce, que se elabora con este polvo y leche o agua
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cacao
- cacaos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cacao?
- /kaˈkao/
- [kaˈka.o]
- [kaˈkao]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cacao
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cacao in Spanish?
cacao appears 5.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).