caá
Portuguese, noun/kaˈa/
caá is spelled C-A-Á (3 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caá is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “infusion from yerba mate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designação genérica de plantas herbáceas”.
What does caá mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineinfusion from yerba mate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. designação genérica de plantas herbáceas 2. chá de congonha ou erva mate 3. variedade de tabaco mais conhecida por caía
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 caá
- caás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caá?
- Brazil /kaˈa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caá in Portuguese?
caá appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).