caganeira
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɡaˈne(j).ɾɐ/
caganeira is spelled C-A-G-A-N-E-I-R-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caganeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the shits; diarrhea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diarreia”.
What does caganeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininevulgarthe shits; diarrhea
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. diarreia
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 caganeira
- caganeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caganeira?
- Brazil /ka.ɡaˈne(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ka.ɡaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /kɐ.ɡɐˈnɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caganeira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caganeira in Portuguese?
caganeira appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).