cacimba
Portuguese, noun/kaˈsĩ.bɐ/
cacimba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “well (hole dug to obtain water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cacimbar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nevoeiro denso”.
What does cacimba mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininewell (hole dug to obtain water)
- 2
Portugalfemininedrizzle
- 3
Portugalfemininefog
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nevoeiro denso 2. chuva miúda 3. cova ou poço usado para armazenar água
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 cacimba
- cacimbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cacimba?
- Brazil /kaˈsĩ.bɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈsĩ.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cacimba in Portuguese?
cacimba appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).