casta
Portuguese, noun/ˈkas.tɐ/
casta is spelled C-A-S-T-A (5 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Casta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bloodline; lineage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of casto. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo”.
What does casta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebloodline; lineage
- 2
femininebreed; race
- 3
femininespecies
- 4
femininecaste (hereditary social classes)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of casto
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tipo 2. classe social em certos países 3. qualidade 4. raça
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 casta
- castas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce casta?
- Brazil /ˈkas.tɐ/
- /ˈkaʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkaʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to casta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is casta in Portuguese?
casta appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).