cagueta
Portuguese, noun
cagueta is spelled C-A-G-U-E-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cagueta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “snitch, informer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of caguetar. With a diaeresis, cagüeta is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “delator, aquele que denuncia atividade ou procedimento ilícito de alguém”.
What does cagueta mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculineslangsnitch, informer
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of cagueta; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide cagueta
noun: 1. delator, aquele que denuncia atividade ou procedimento ilícito de alguém
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 cagueta
- caguetas plural
- caguete alternative
- cagüeta alternative
- cagüetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is cagueta in Portuguese?
cagueta appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).