cavanhaque
Portuguese, noun/ka.vɐ̃ˈɲa.ki/
cavanhaque is spelled C-A-V-A-N-H-A-Q-U-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cavanhaque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “goatee (beard at the centre of the chin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “barba aparada em bico no queixo”.
What does cavanhaque mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinegoatee (beard at the centre of the chin)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. barba aparada em bico no queixo 2. pera
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 cavanhaque
- cavanhaques plural
- cavaignac alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavanhaque?
- Brazil /ka.vɐ̃ˈɲa.ki/
- Brazil [ka.vɐ̃ˈj̃a.ki]
- Portugal /kɐ.vɐˈɲa.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cavanhaque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cavanhaque in Portuguese?
cavanhaque appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).