caudal
Portuguese, noun/kawˈdaw/
caudal is spelled C-A-U-D-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caudal is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “caudal vertebra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caudal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecaudal (of or relating to the tail)
noun
- 1
femininecaudal vertebra
noun
- 1
masculinetorrent (heavy stream or flow)
- 2
masculinedischarge (volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time)
- 3
masculinea great amount of volume of something
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinetorrential (flowing heavily)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. abundante
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 caudal
- caudais plural
- caudalíssimo absolute superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caudal?
- Brazil /kawˈdaw/
- Brazil [kaʊ̯ˈdaʊ̯]
- Portugal /kawˈdal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caudal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caudal in Portuguese?
caudal 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).