cao
Spanish, noun/ˈkao/
cao is spelled C-A-O (3 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,593rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cao is a Spanish noun meaning “palm crow (Corvus palmarum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ave cubana carnívora, de plumaje negro y pico corvo, muy semejante al cuervo, aunque más pequeña. Se…”.
What does cao mean in English?
noun
- 1
palm crow (Corvus palmarum)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ave cubana carnívora, de plumaje negro y pico corvo, muy semejante al cuervo, aunque más pequeña. Se domestica con facilidad, y su carne es dura y desagradable. Se conocen dos especies, llamadas cao montero y cao pinatero.
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 cao
- caos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cao?
- /ˈkao/
- [ˈka.o]
- [ˈkao]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cao in Spanish?
cao appears 2.3 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).