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caixa-prego

Portuguese, noun/ˈkaj.ʃɐ ˈpɾɛ.ɡu/

caixa-prego is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a very distant place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does caixa-prego mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilcolloquialfemininea very distant place

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. local muito distante

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 caixa-prego

  • caixa-pregos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce caixa-prego?

  • Brazil /ˈkaj.ʃɐ ˈpɾɛ.ɡu/
  • Brazil [ˈkaɪ̯.ʃɐ ˈpɾɛ.ɡu]
  • Portugal /ˈkaj.ʃɐ ˈpɾɛ.ɡu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.