cangaço
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃ˈɡa.su/
cangaço is spelled C-A-N-G-A-Ç-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cangaço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a form of social banditry in the Northeast Region of Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carolo do milho”.
What does cangaço mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinea form of social banditry in the Northeast Region of Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carolo do milho 2. cacho de uvas limpo delas 3. bagaço do vinho 4. pessoa muito magra
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.
How do you pronounce cangaço?
- Brazil /kɐ̃ˈɡa.su/
- Portugal /kɐ̃ˈɡa.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cangaço in Portuguese?
cangaço appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).