cabo
Portuguese, noun/ˈka.bu/
cabo is spelled C-A-B-O (4 letters) and appears 89 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,098th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cape (piece of land extending beyond the coast)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “patente militar abaixo do sargento e acima do soldado”.
What does cabo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecape (piece of land extending beyond the coast)
- 2
masculinethe final steps or moments of an event
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecorporal (rank below a sergeant)
- 2
femininemasculinehead man (person in charge of an organisation or group)
noun
- 1
masculinecable (strong, large-diameter wire or rope)
- 2
masculinecable (assembly of wires used for electrical power or data circuits)
- 3
masculinea long handle; a shaft
- 4
masculineany rope in a ship except the bell rope and the clock rope
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. patente militar abaixo do sargento e acima do soldado 2. protuberância pela qual se segura um utensílio 3. promontório 4. fim
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 cabo
- cabos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabo?
- Brazil /ˈka.bu/
- Portugal /ˈka.bu/
- Portugal [ˈka.βu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cabo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabo in Portuguese?
cabo appears 89 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).