caução
Portuguese, noun/kawˈsɐ̃w̃/
caução is spelled C-A-U-Ç-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caução is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “valor depositado como garantia de realização de um compromisso”.
What does caução mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebail
- 2
feminineguarantee, pledge
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. valor depositado como garantia de realização de um compromisso
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 caução
- cauções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caução?
- Brazil /kawˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kaʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kawˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caução
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caução in Portuguese?
caução appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).