cacique
Portuguese, noun/kaˈsi.ki/
cacique is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cacique (chieftain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chefe indígena numa tribo”.
What does cacique mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecacique (chieftain)
- 2
masculinetribal chief of an Amerindian community
- 3
masculinevery powerful person
- 4
Brazilinformalmasculinemoney
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chefe indígena numa tribo 2. pessoa muito poderosa
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 cacique
- caciques plural
- cacica feminine
- cacicas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cacique?
- Brazil /kaˈsi.ki/
- Portugal /kɐˈsi.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cacique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cacique in Portuguese?
cacique appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).