casulo
Portuguese, noun/kaˈzu.lu/
casulo is spelled C-A-S-U-L-O (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,500th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Casulo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cocoon (the silky case that protects the chrysalis of insects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vagem que envolve as sementes, nas favas e outras leguminosas”.
What does casulo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecocoon (the silky case that protects the chrysalis of insects)
- 2
masculinecocoon (any protective case, real or metaphorical)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vagem que envolve as sementes, nas favas e outras leguminosas 2. invólucro dos insetos na sua fase larvária 3. coberto ou alpendre onde é guardada a telha e seca antes de ser cozida
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 casulo
- casulos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce casulo?
- Brazil /kaˈzu.lu/
- Portugal /kɐˈzu.lu/
- Portugal /kɐ.ˈzu.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to casulo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is casulo in Portuguese?
casulo appears 1.0 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).