cassaco
Portuguese, noun/kaˈsa.ku/
cassaco is spelled C-A-S-S-A-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cassaco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cassaco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhite-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris)
- 2
Brazilmasculineobsoletemanual laborer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cassaco
- cassacos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cassaco?
- Brazil /kaˈsa.ku/
- Portugal /kaˈsa.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cassaco in Portuguese?
cassaco appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).