cacoete
Portuguese, noun/ka.koˈe.t͡ʃi/
cacoete is spelled C-A-C-O-E-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cacoete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tic (repetitive habit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mania, trejeito”.
What does cacoete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetic (repetitive habit)
- 2
masculinegrimace
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mania, trejeito 2. hábito repetitivo
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 cacoete
- cacoetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cacoete?
- Brazil /ka.koˈe.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /ka.kuˈe.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /kaˈkwe.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cacoete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cacoete in Portuguese?
cacoete appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).