cauto
Portuguese, adjective/ˈkaw.tu/
cauto is spelled C-A-U-T-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written Portuguese, the 251,849th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cauto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cautious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem cautela”.
What does cauto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cautious
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem cautela 2. acautelado
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 cauto
- cauta feminine
- cautos masculine plural
- cautas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cauto?
- Brazil /ˈkaw.tu/
- Brazil [ˈkaʊ̯.tu]
- Portugal /ˈkaw.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cauto in Portuguese?
cauto appears about once in every 85 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).