cascudo
Portuguese, noun/kasˈku.du/
cascudo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a punch on the head with the knuckles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pancada na cabeça com as dobras das falanges (ou nó dos dedos)”.
What does cascudo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea punch on the head with the knuckles
- 2
masculineany of several species of catfish known for their hard skin
adjective
- 1
having a thick peel
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem pele ou casca grossa
noun: 1. pancada na cabeça com as dobras das falanges (ou nó dos dedos) 2. tabefe dado com o dorso da mão 3. denominação comum a vários peixes teleósteos, da família dos loricarídeos, que tem o corpo revestido de placas ósseas, cabeça chata e corpo delgado 4. besouro preto da família dos curculionídeos (Sternechus subsignatus) de asas anteriores espessas
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 cascudo
- cascudos plural
- cascuda feminine
- cascudas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cascudo?
- Brazil /kasˈku.du/
- /kaʃˈku.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cascudo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cascudo in Portuguese?
cascudo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).