caspa
Portuguese, noun/ˈkas.pɐ/
caspa is spelled C-A-S-P-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,839th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caspa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dandruff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença cutânea caracterizada pela escamação excessiva de pele morta no couro cabeludo”.
What does caspa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedandruff
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença cutânea caracterizada pela escamação excessiva de pele morta no couro cabeludo
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 caspa
- caspas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caspa?
- Brazil /ˈkas.pɐ/
- /ˈkaʃ.pɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkaʃ.pɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caspa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caspa in Portuguese?
caspa 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).