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cacaueiro

Portuguese, noun/ka.kawˈe(j).ɾu/

cacaueiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cacao (tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does cacaueiro mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecacao (tree)

adjective

  1. 1

    cocoa

    A produção cacaueira foi gravemente prejudicada devido à infestação da vassoura-de-bruxa no estado da Bahia.

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

Forms of cacaueiro

  • cacaueiros plural
  • cacaueira feminine
  • cacaueiras feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce cacaueiro?

  • Brazil /ka.kawˈe(j).ɾu/
  • Brazil [ka.kaʊ̯ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • Portugal /kɐ.kawˈɐj.ɾu/

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

English words that translate to cacaueiro

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

How common is cacaueiro in Portuguese?

cacaueiro appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.

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