cauteloso
Portuguese, adjective/kaw.teˈlo.zu/
cauteloso is spelled C-A-U-T-E-L-O-S-O (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,396th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cauteloso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cautious, guarded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se de quem age com cautela”.
What does cauteloso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cautious, guarded
- 2
wary
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de quem age com cautela
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 cauteloso
- cautelosa feminine
- cautelosos masculine plural
- cautelosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cauteloso?
- Brazil /kaw.teˈlo.zu/
- Brazil [kaʊ̯.teˈlo.zu]
- Portugal /kaw.tɨˈlo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cauteloso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cauteloso in Portuguese?
cauteloso appears 2.1 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).