cossaco
Portuguese, noun/koˈsa.ku/
cossaco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Cossack (member of the tsarist army recruited in certain regions of Southwestern Russia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo dos cossacos”.
What does cossaco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Cossack (relating to the Cossacks, warlike peoples of Ukraine and the banks of the Don, who enjoyed a certain administrative autonomy, or to their descendants)
noun
- 1
masculineCossack (member of the tsarist army recruited in certain regions of Southwestern Russia)
- 2
masculineCossack (individual of the Cossacks or their descendant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referente a cossaco ou cossacos
noun: 1. indivíduo dos cossacos 2. soldado, recrutado entre os cossacos, que serviu ao exército russo czarista, especialmente na cavalaria 3. indivíduo bravo e feroz 4. sujeito cruel
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 cossaco
- cossaca feminine
- cossacos masculine plural
- cossacas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cossaco?
- Brazil /koˈsa.ku/
- Portugal /kuˈsa.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 cossaco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cossaco in Portuguese?
cossaco appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).