cagada
Portuguese, noun/kaˈɡa.dɐ/
cagada is spelled C-A-G-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cagada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the act of taking a shit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of cagado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de defecar”.
What does cagada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevulgarthe act of taking a shit
Fui no banheiro e dei uma cagada.
- 2
femininevulgardisaster
Ouvi falar que deu uma cagada no aeroporto.
- 3
femininevulgarmistake, fuckup
Você só faz cagada.
- 4
femininevulgaran event of very unlikely good luck
Que cagada, ganhei na loteria.
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cagado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação de defecar 2. as fezes em si, o excremento 3. sorte 4. coincidência boa; golpe de sorte
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 cagada
- cagadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cagada?
- Brazil /kaˈɡa.dɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈɡa.dɐ/
- Portugal [kɐˈɣa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cagada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cagada in Portuguese?
cagada appears 1.1 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).