cagalhão
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɡaˈʎɐ̃w̃/
cagalhão is spelled C-A-G-A-L-H-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 87,166th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cagalhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “turd (a piece of excrement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “densa quantia de fezes humanas”.
What does cagalhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevulgarturd (a piece of excrement)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. densa quantia de fezes humanas 2. sujeito ou ser medroso
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 cagalhão
- cagalhões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cagalhão?
- Brazil /ka.ɡaˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ka.ɡaˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ.ɡɐˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cagalhão in Portuguese?
cagalhão appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).