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caçapa

Portuguese, noun/kaˈsa.pɐ/

caçapa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pocket (net into which balls are struck)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “buraco ou rede em que caem as bolas num bilhar ou numa sinuca”.

What does caçapa mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilfemininepocket (net into which balls are struck)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. buraco ou rede em que caem as bolas num bilhar ou numa sinuca

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 caçapa

  • caçapas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce caçapa?

  • Brazil /kaˈsa.pɐ/
  • Portugal /kɐˈsa.pɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to caçapa

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is caçapa in Portuguese?

caçapa appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).