cacheiro
Portuguese, noun/kaˈʃe(j).ɾu/
cacheiro is spelled C-A-C-H-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cacheiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “boar (male pig)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porco macho, varrão”.
What does cacheiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cunning, crafty, sly
noun
- 1
masculineboar (male pig)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ardiloso, esperto, manhoso
noun: 1. porco macho, varrão
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 cacheiro
- cacheira feminine
- cacheiros masculine plural
- cacheiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cacheiro?
- Brazil /kaˈʃe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [kaˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐˈʃɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cacheiro in Portuguese?
cacheiro appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).