cacau
Catalan
Noun
cacau m (plural cacaus)
- cacao
- cocoa bean
- mantega de cacau ― cocoa butter
- (soccer) power shot
- (colloquial, Castilianism) disorder, mess
- fer un cacau ― to make a mess
Further reading
- “cacau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “cacau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cacau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cacau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- cacáo (superseded)
Etymology
From earlier cacáo, borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈkaw/ [kaˈkaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈkaw/
- Rhymes: -aw
- Hyphenation: ca‧cau
Derived terms
- cacauicultura f
- manteiga de cacau f
References
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