caça
Portuguese, noun
caça is spelled C-A-Ç-A (4 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,831st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hunting (chasing animals for game or food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of caçar. Without its cedilla, caca is a different word: “crap; excrement”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desporto que consiste em caçar animais”.
What does caça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehunting (chasing animals for game or food)
- 2
femininehunt (a hunting expedition)
- 3
femininegame (animals hunted for food)
noun
- 1
masculinefighter (military aircraft designed to attack other aircraft)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininecrap; excrement
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desporto que consiste em caçar animais 2. ato ou efeito de caçar 3. os animais caçados
noun: 1. avião a jato usado em combate aéreo e outras atividades militares
noun: 1. fezes 2. algo de má qualidade
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 caça
- cacas plural
- caças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to caça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caça in Portuguese?
caça appears 32 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).