cauda
Portuguese, noun/ˈkaw.dɐ/
cauda is spelled C-A-U-D-A (5 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cauda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tail (posterior appendage or feathers of some animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prolongamento posterior do corpo de alguns animais”.
What does cauda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetail (posterior appendage or feathers of some animals)
- 2
femininethe part of a dress that is dragged on the floor
- 3
femininetail; empennage (rear structure of an aircraft)
- 4
femininetail (stream of dust as gases blown from a comet)
- 5
feminineinformaltail; descender (stroke below the baseline of a letter)
- 6
feminineconsequences
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prolongamento posterior do corpo de alguns animais 2. o conjunto das penas que se inserem no uropígio das aves 3. rabo 4. longo rastro luminoso de cometas
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 cauda
- caudas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cauda?
- Brazil /ˈkaw.dɐ/
- Brazil [ˈkaʊ̯.dɐ]
- Portugal /ˈkaw.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cauda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cauda in Portuguese?
cauda appears 6.5 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).