cachalote
Portuguese, noun/ka.ʃaˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/
cachalote is spelled C-A-C-H-A-L-O-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cachalote is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cachalot, sperm whale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero marinho da ordem Cetacea, subordem Odontoceti, da família Physeteridae, de nome científico Physeter…”.
What does cachalote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecachalot, sperm whale
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero marinho da ordem Cetacea, subordem Odontoceti, da família Physeteridae, de nome científico Physeter macrocephalus, o maior cetáceo dentado e predador com dentes, encontrado em todos os oceanos
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 cachalote
- cachalotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cachalote?
- Brazil /ka.ʃaˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kɐ.ʃɐˈlɔ.tɨ/
- Portugal /kɐt.ʃɐˈlɔ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cachalote in Portuguese?
cachalote appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).