cadaval
Portuguese, noun/ka.daˈvaw/
cadaval is spelled C-A-D-A-V-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cadaval is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “place with many charred stalks (cadavas) that remained after a burning to clear the ground (queimada)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município e freguesia portugueses”.
What does cadaval mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplace with many charred stalks (cadavas) that remained after a burning to clear the ground (queimada)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município e freguesia portugueses
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 cadaval
- cadavais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cadaval?
- Brazil /ka.daˈvaw/
- Brazil [ka.daˈvaʊ̯]
- Portugal /kɐ.dɐˈval/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cadaval in Portuguese?
cadaval appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).