# castigo

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /kɐʃ.ˈti.ɡu/ · frequency rank #6,743

## Definitions
1. pena imposta a quem cometeu delito ou falta
2. repreensão, admoestação, correção
3. ato de meter os ferros no touro

## Easily confused with
- **castro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/castigo-vs-castro)
- **contigo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/castigo-vs-contigo)
- **casino** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/casino-vs-castigo)
- **castelo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/castelo-vs-castigo)
- **caseiro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caseiro-vs-castigo)
- **caótico** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caotico-vs-castigo)
- **cantiga** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantiga-vs-castigo)
- **castigar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/castigar-vs-castigo)

## Common misspellings (10)
`acstigo`, `casitgo`, `casstigo`, `castgio`, `castiggo`, `castiog`, `casttigo`, `catsigo`, `ccastigo`, `csatigo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/castigo