cagazo
Spanish, noun/kaˈɡaθo/
cagazo is spelled C-A-G-A-Z-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 74,340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cagazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “something that is extremely scary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Emoción de ansiedad difícil de controlar causada por algo que puede causar algún daño”.
What does cagazo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculineslangvulgarsomething that is extremely scary
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Emoción de ansiedad difícil de controlar causada por algo que puede causar algún daño. 2. Brusca impresión causada por un rápido acceso de una emoción tal. 3. Error grave en que puede incurrir una persona
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 cagazo
- cagazos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cagazo?
- /kaˈɡaθo/
- [kaˈɣ̞a.θo]
- /kaˈɡaso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cagazo in Spanish?
cagazo appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).