caboclo
Portuguese, noun/kaˈbo.klu/
caboclo is spelled C-A-B-O-C-L-O (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caboclo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “caboclo (person of mixed Indigenous Brazilian and European ancestry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indígena brasileiro com a cor de pele semelhante à cor do cobre”.
What does caboclo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilcopper-coloured
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinecaboclo (person of mixed Indigenous Brazilian and European ancestry)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem a cor do cobre, acobreado
noun: 1. indígena brasileiro com a cor de pele semelhante à cor do cobre 2. mestiço de branco com índio 3. tratamento equivalente a "amigo", "homem" usado no interior do Brasil 4. espírito ancestral dos cultos afro-brasileiros
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 caboclo
- cabocla feminine
- caboclos masculine plural
- caboclas feminine plural
- caboco alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caboclo?
- Brazil /kaˈbo.klu/
- Portugal /kɐˈbo.klu/
- Portugal [kɐˈβo.klu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caboclo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caboclo in Portuguese?
caboclo appears 2.5 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).