cacareco
Portuguese, noun/ka.kaˈɾɛ.ku/
cacareco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “old and worn-out object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coisa velha e/ou sem valor”.
What does cacareco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineold and worn-out object
- 2
masculinesomething without any use or purpose
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coisa velha e/ou sem valor
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 cacareco
- cacarecos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cacareco?
- Brazil /ka.kaˈɾɛ.ku/
- Portugal /kɐ.kɐˈɾɛ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cacareco in Portuguese?
cacareco appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).