cacao

See also: Cacao

English

Cacao fruits on the tree

Etymology

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. Doublet of cocoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈkɑːəʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯əʊ̯/, [kəˈkʰɑːəʊ̯], [kəˈkʰeɪ̯əʊ̯]

• Audio (Berkshire):

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• IPA^(key): /kəˈkaʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯oʊ̯/, [kəˈkʰaʊ̯], [kəˈkʰeɪ̯oʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

cacao (countable and uncountable, plural cacaos)

1. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
2. This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.

Related terms

• cocoa
• crème de cacao

Translations

cacao tree

• Aklanon: kakaw
• Albanian: kakao (sq) m
• Arabic: شَجَرَة اَلْكَاكَاو f (šajara(t) al-kākāw)
• Armenian: կակաո (hy) (kakao)
• Balinese: ᬧᬸᬜᬦ᭄ᬘᭀᬓ᭄ᬮᬢ᭄ (punyan coklat)
• Bikol Central: kakaw (bcl)
• Bulgarian: какаово дърво (kakaovo dǎrvo)
• Catalan: cacau (ca) m, cacauer m
• Cebuano: kakaw
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可可樹／可可树 (zh) (kěkěshù), 可可树 (zh) (kěkěshù)

  Min Nan: chi-ku-la̍t-châng

• Czech: kakaovník (cs) m
• Danish: kakao (da)
• Dutch: cacaoboom (nl) m
• Esperanto: kakaarbo, kakaoarbo
• Estonian: kakaopuu
• Finnish: kaakaopuu (fi)
• French: cacaoyer (fr) m
• Galician: cacao (gl) m
• Georgian: კაკაო (ḳaḳao)
• German: Kakaobaum (de) m
• Greek: κακαόδεντρο (el) n (kakaódentro), κακάο (el) n (kakáo)
• Gujarati: કોકો m (koko)
• Haitian Creole: kakaoye
• Hebrew: קָקָאוֹ (he) m (kaká'o)
• Hungarian: kakaófa (hu)
• Icelandic: kakó (is)
• Indonesian: kakao (id)
• Irish: crann cócó m
• Isthmus Zapotec: biziaa
• Italian: cacao (it) m
• Japanese: カカオ (ja) (kakao)
• Kannada: ಕೋಕೋ (kōkō)
• Korean: 카카오 (kakao), 카카오나무 (kakaonamu)
• Latin: cacao m
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• Latvian: kakao m
• Lingala: kaukau
• Lithuanian: kakavmedis
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: kakouboom

• Malay: koko (ms)
• Malayalam: കൊക്കോ (kokkō)
• Nahuatl: cacahuacuahuitl
• Neapolitan: cacavo m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kakaotre n

  Nynorsk: kakaotre n

• Persian: کاکائو (fa) (kâkâ'o)
• Polish: kakaowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: cacaueiro m
• Quechua: kakawa k'aspi
• Romanian: arbore-de-cacao (ro) m
• Russian: кака́о (ru) n (kakáo)
• Serbo-Croatian: какаовац m, kakaovac (sh) m
• Slovak: kakaovník m
• Spanish: cacao (es) m, cacaotero m (Mexico)
• Swedish: kakao (sv), kakaoträd n
• Tagalog: kakaw
• Tongan: koko
• Turkish: kakao (tr)
• Ukrainian: какао (uk) (kakao)
• Upper Sorbian: kakawowc
• Urdu: کوکو m (koko)
• Uzbek: kakao (uz)
• Vietnamese: cacao (vi), ca-cao
• Welsh: coeden gacao f
• Yiddish: קאַקאַאָ בוים (kakao boym)
• Yucatec Maya: kakaw

cocoa bean

• Arabic: كَاكَاو m (kākāw)
• Bikol Central: kakaw (bcl)
• Bulgarian: кака́о n (kakáo)
• Catalan: cacau (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可可豆 (zh) (kěkědòu)

• Classical Nahuatl: cacahuatl
• Czech: kakaový bob m
• Danish: kakaobønne c
• Dutch: cacaoboon (nl)
• Esperanto: kakao (eo)
• Finnish: kaakaopapu (fi)
• French: fève de cacao (fr) f
• Galician: cacao (gl) m
• German: Kakao (de) m
• Greek: κακάο (el) n (kakáo)
• Hungarian: kakaóbab (hu)
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• Irish: síol cócó m
• Italian: cacao (it) m
• Japanese: カカオ (ja) (kakao)
• Kannada: ಕೋಕೋ (kōkō)
• Korean: 카카오 열매 (kakao yeolmae)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کاکاو (kakaw)

• Lithuanian: kakava f
• Polish: kakao (pl) n
• Portuguese: cacau (pt) m
• Romanian: cacao (ro) f
• Russian: кака́о (ru) n (kakáo)
• Slovak: kakao n
• Spanish: cacao (es) m
• Swedish: kakao (sv), kakaoböna c
• Vietnamese: cacao (vi), ca-cao
• Welsh: ffeuen gacao f

Further reading

• cacao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• cacau (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈkɑu̯/

• audio:

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• Hyphenation: ca‧cao
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

Noun

cacao m (uncountable)

1. cocoa [from late 16th c.]

Derived terms

• cacaoboom
• cacaoboon
• cacaoboter
• cacaomelk
• cacao-overeenkomst
• cacaopoeder

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: kaukau
• Negerhollands: kwakwa
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kwa kwa, kwakwa (archaic)
• → Caribbean Hindustani: kakáu
• → Indonesian: kakao
• → Sranan Tongo: kakaw
  • → Lokono: kakao
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kao, kekao

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, ultimately from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ka.o/

• audio:

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Noun

cacao m (plural cacaos)

1. cocoa

Derived terms

• beurre de cacao
• cacaoté
• cacaotier
• cacaotière
• cacaoyer
• cacaoyère

Further reading

• “cacao”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈka.o/
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: ca‧cà‧o

Noun

cacao m (invariable)

1. cocoa

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Romanian

Etymology

From French cacao; itself from Spanish cacao.

Noun

cacao f (uncountable)

1. cocoa

Declension

declension of cacao (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) cacao	cacaua
genitive/dative	(unei) cacao	cacauei
vocative

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Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈkao/ [kaˈka.o]

• Audio (Spain):

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Noun

cacao m (plural cacaos)

1. cacao tree

   Synonym: cacaotero

2. cocoa bean, cocoa powder
3. (colloquial) confusion

   Synonyms: desorden, confusión

   cacao mental ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• cacaotal
• cacaotero

Related terms

• cacahual
• cacahuate, cacahuete

Descendants

• English: cacao, cocoa
• Albanian: kakao
• Aromanian: cacauã
• Bikol Central: kakaw
• Catalan: cacau
• Cebuano: kakaw
• Czech: kakao
• Danish: kakao
• Dutch: cacao
• Estonian: kakao
• Finnish: kaakao
• French: cacao
• German: Kakao
• Greek: κακάο (kakáo)
• Icelandic: kakó
• Indonesian: kakao
• Latvian: kakao
• Limburgish: keków
• Lingala: kaukau
• Polish: kakao
• Portuguese: cacau
• Romagnol: cacào
• Romanian: cacao
• Slovak: kakao
• Sorbian, Lower: kakaw, kakawa
• Swedish: kakao
• Tagalog: kakaw
• Tongan: koko
• Turkish: kakao
• Uzbek: kakao
• Vietnamese: cacao

Further reading

• “cacao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• cacao on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es