caquesseitão
Portuguese, noun/ka.ke.sejˈtɐ̃w̃/
caquesseitão is spelled C-A-Q-U-E-S-S-E-I-T-Ã-O (12 letters). Caquesseitão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a creature mentioned in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s memoir Peregrinação, described as having the size of a large duck, being black, having…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caquesseitão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea creature mentioned in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s memoir Peregrinação, described as having the size of a large duck, being black, having bat-like wings, a lizard-like tail, a snake-like neck, spikes the length of a quill on its back and a rooster-like spur on the back of its head
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of caquesseitão
- caquesseitões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caquesseitão?
- Brazil /ka.ke.sejˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ka.ke.seɪ̯ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ.kɨ.sɐjˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.