caolho
Portuguese, noun/kaˈo.ʎu/
caolho is spelled C-A-O-L-H-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,861st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caolho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “one- or squint-eyed person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que ou quem não tem um dos olhos”.
What does caolho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalone-eyed
- 2
informalsquint-eyed (having strabismus)
noun
- 1
informalmasculineone- or squint-eyed person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. que ou quem não tem um dos olhos 2. que ou quem tem estrabismo
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 caolho
- caolha feminine
- caolhos masculine plural
- caolhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caolho?
- Brazil /kaˈo.ʎu/
- Portugal /kɐˈo.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caolho in Portuguese?
caolho appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).