castiçal
Portuguese, noun/kas.t͡ʃiˈsaw/
castiçal is spelled C-A-S-T-I-Ç-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castiçal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “candlestick, candleholder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “utensílio em cuja parte superior há um suporte para se alojar a vela”.
What does castiçal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecandlestick, candleholder
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. utensílio em cuja parte superior há um suporte para se alojar a vela
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 castiçal
- castiçais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castiçal?
- Brazil /kas.t͡ʃiˈsaw/
- Brazil [kas.t͡ʃiˈsaʊ̯]
- /kaʃ.t͡ʃiˈsaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to castiçal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is castiçal in Portuguese?
castiçal appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).