acaju
Portuguese, noun/a.kaˈʒu/
acaju is spelled A-C-A-J-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 96,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acaju is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “acajou, mahogany (wood from the mahogany tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a diversas árvores dos gênero Swietenia, conhecidas como mogno, Cedrela, cedro-cheiroso e…”.
What does acaju mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacajou, mahogany (wood from the mahogany tree)
- 2
masculinemahogany (reddish-brown colour)
- 3
masculinealternative form of caju (“cashew”)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemahogany (having the colour of mahogany)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de cor castanho-avermelhada própria do mogno 2. pelagem bovina e equina, vermelha, semelhante à madeira de mesmo nome, de tonalidade entre o vermelho, laranja e retinto
noun: 1. nome comum a diversas árvores dos gênero Swietenia, conhecidas como mogno, Cedrela, cedro-cheiroso e cedro-batata 2. a madeira destas árvores
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acaju
- acajus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acaju?
- Brazil /a.kaˈʒu/
- Portugal /ɐ.kaˈʒu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acaju
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acaju in Portuguese?
acaju appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).