cavado
Portuguese, adjective/kaˈva.du/
cavado is spelled C-A-V-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cavado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “low-cut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of cavar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se cavou”.
What does cavado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informallow-cut
verb
- 1
past participle of cavar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se cavou 2. profundo (em se falando de decote de roupa) 3. obtido por meios ilícitos (em se falando de faltas)
noun: 1. cada uma das partes que se separam da partitura para cada instrumento 2. região alongada de relativa pressão atmosférica baixa, frequentemente associada com frentes
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 cavado
- cavada feminine
- cavados masculine plural
- cavadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavado?
- Brazil /kaˈva.du/
- Portugal /kɐˈva.du/
- Portugal [kɐˈva.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cavado in Portuguese?
cavado 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).