incauto
Portuguese, adjective/ĩˈkaw.tu/
incauto is spelled I-N-C-A-U-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incauto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “dupe, gullible, unwary, naive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sem cautelas; desprevenido”.
What does incauto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dupe, gullible, unwary, naive
- 2
careless
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sem cautelas; desprevenido
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 incauto
- incauta feminine
- incautos masculine plural
- incautas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incauto?
- Brazil /ĩˈkaw.tu/
- Brazil [ĩˈkaʊ̯.tu]
- Portugal /ĩˈkaw.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incauto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incauto in Portuguese?
incauto appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).