caco
Spanish, noun
caco is spelled C-A-C-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,779th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “thief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, cacó is a different word: “lesser capybara”. With a cedilla, caço is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of caçar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que tiene por costumbre u oficio el apropiarse de cosas que no le pertenecen”.
What does caco mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinethief
noun
- 1
masculinelesser capybara
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of caçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que tiene por costumbre u oficio el apropiarse de cosas que no le pertenecen. 2. Persona que no tiene valor para enfrentarse a las dificultades o para defender sus ideas.
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 caco
- cacos plural
- cacós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to caco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caco in Spanish?
caco appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).