cato
Portuguese, noun/ˈka.tu/
cato is spelled C-A-T-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cactus (any member of the family Cactaceae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of catar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que cacto”.
What does cato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecactus (any member of the family Cactaceae)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of catar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que cacto
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 cato
- catos plural
- cacto alternative Brazil
- cáctus alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cato?
- Brazil /ˈka.tu/
- Portugal /ˈka.tu/
- ['katu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cato in Portuguese?
cato appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).