casto
Portuguese, adjective/ˈkas.tu/
casto is spelled C-A-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Casto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “chaste (abstaining from sexual activity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of castar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que guarda castidade; que se abstém de prazeres sexuais”.
What does casto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
chaste (abstaining from sexual activity)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of castar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que guarda castidade; que se abstém de prazeres sexuais 2. que se abstém de vida sexual ilegítima ou promíscua 3. (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) puro, cândido, inocente 4. (Derivação: sentido figurado) sem mistura ou mescla; puro
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 casto
- casta feminine
- castos masculine plural
- castas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce casto?
- Brazil /ˈkas.tu/
- /ˈkaʃ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈkaʃ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to casto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is casto in Portuguese?
casto appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).