carcamano
Portuguese, noun/kaʁ.kaˈmɐ̃.nu/
carcamano is spelled C-A-R-C-A-M-A-N-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 153,088th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carcamano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “guido (derogatory term for a person of Italian descent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo nascido na Itália”.
What does carcamano mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineguido (derogatory term for a person of Italian descent)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indivíduo nascido na Itália 2. indivíduo de origem árabe, geralmente síria ou libanesa 3. nome depreciativo dado aos sul-africanos brancos 4. engraxate
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 carcamano
- carcamanos plural
- carcamana feminine
- carcamanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carcamano?
- Brazil /kaʁ.kaˈmɐ̃.nu/
- Brazil [kah.kaˈmɐ̃.nu]
- /kaɾ.kaˈmɐ̃.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carcamano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carcamano in Portuguese?
carcamano appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).