cacau
Portuguese, noun/kaˈkaw/
cacau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cacao tree (Theobroma cacao)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruto do cacaueiro (ou cacauzeiro), cuja semente é usada na produção de chocolate e manteiga de cacau”.
What does cacau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecacao tree (Theobroma cacao)
- 2
masculinecacao fruit
- 3
masculinecocoa bean
- 4
masculinecocoa powder
- 5
Portugalmasculinehot chocolate; cocoa
- 6
masculineslangmoney
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fruto do cacaueiro (ou cacauzeiro), cuja semente é usada na produção de chocolate e manteiga de cacau 2. chuva forte e passageira 3. dinheiro, posses
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 cacau
- cacaus plural
- cacáo alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cacau?
- Brazil /kaˈkaw/
- Brazil [kaˈkaʊ̯]
- Portugal /kɐˈkaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cacau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cacau in Portuguese?
cacau appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).