cacetinho
Portuguese, noun/ka.seˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/
cacetinho is spelled C-A-C-E-T-I-N-H-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese, the 203,084th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cacetinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “synonym of pão francês” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of cacete. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cacete de pequenas dimensões”.
What does cacetinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of cacete
- 2
masculinesynonym of pão francês
- 3
masculineA finger-shaped cookie.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cacete de pequenas dimensões 2. biscoito cuja forma e tamanho lembram um dedo 3. o mesmo que pão francês
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 cacetinho
- cacetinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cacetinho?
- Brazil /ka.seˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ka.seˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /kɐ.sɨˈti.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cacetinho in Portuguese?
cacetinho appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).