cavouco
Portuguese, noun/kaˈvo(w).ku/
cavouco is spelled C-A-V-O-U-C-O (7 letters). Cavouco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a manmade pit (hole in the ground)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cavoucar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “buraco feito no chão”.
What does cavouco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea manmade pit (hole in the ground)
- 2
Portugalmasculinethe room in a mill that contains the tirl
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of cavoucar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. buraco feito no chão 2. escavação, qualquer escavação para lançamento de alicerces de alguma coisa como de uma construção por exemplo 3. no moinho de água, entalhe, pequena cova dentro da que gira o eixo do rodízio inferiormete
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 cavouco
- cavoucos plural
- cabouco alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavouco?
- Brazil /kaˈvo(w).ku/
- Brazil [kaˈvo(ʊ̯).ku]
- Portugal /kɐˈvo(w).ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cavouco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.