cacto

Galician

Noun

cacto m (plural cactos)

cactus

Latin

Noun

cactō m

dative/ablative singular of cactus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ki.tu/, /ˈkak.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkak.to/, /ˈka.ki.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ktu/

Rhymes: -aktu
Hyphenation: cac‧to

Noun

cacto m (plural cactos)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of cato.

Spanish

Alternative forms

cactus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaɡto/ [ˈkaɣ̞.t̪o]
Rhymes: -aɡto
Syllabification: cac‧to

Noun

cacto m (plural cactos)

cactus

Derived terms

cactáceo

Further reading

“cacto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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