castiço
Portuguese, adjective/kasˈt͡ʃi.su/
castiço is spelled C-A-S-T-I-Ç-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 145,565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castiço is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pure; genuine; authentic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de boa casta ou raça; de qualidade”.
What does castiço mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pure; genuine; authentic
- 2
purebred
- 3
vernacular
- 4
colloquialfunny
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de boa casta ou raça; de qualidade 2. próprio para reproduzir a raça ou a casta; escolhido, selecionado 3. diz-se de linguagem correta, sem estrangeirismos; vernáculo 4. : diz-se de filho de português com portuguesa
noun: 1. certa casta de uva preta 2. filho de português com portuguesa
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 castiço
- castiça feminine
- castiços masculine plural
- castiças feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castiço?
- Brazil /kasˈt͡ʃi.su/
- /kaʃˈt͡ʃi.su/
- Portugal /kɐʃˈti.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is castiço in Portuguese?
castiço appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).