cágado

See also: cagado

Galician

Cágados ("tadpoles")

Alternative forms

• cádigo, cágaro

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Paleo-Hispanic *calap(p)acu, perhaps related to the etymon of cabaza. Cognate with Portuguese cágado (“turtle”), Spanish galápago (“turtle”) and Catalan calàpet (“toad”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɡado/ [ˈkɑ.ɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈkaɡado/ [ˈkɑ.ɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈkaħado/ [ˈkɑ.ħɑ.ð̞ʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɡado

• Rhymes: -aɡado
• Rhymes: -aħado

• Hyphenation: cá‧ga‧do

Noun

cágado m (plural cágados)

1. tadpole

   Synonyms: cabezolo, culler

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cágado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cágado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cágado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “cágado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “cágado”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

cágado

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Paleo-Hispanic *calap(p)acu, perhaps related to the etymon of cabaça. Cognate with Galician cágado (“tadpole”), Spanish galápago (“turtle”) and Catalan calàpet (“toad”). Doublet of Galápagos.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɡa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɡa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɡa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɡɐ.du/ [ˈka.ɣɐ.ðu]

• Hyphenation: cá‧ga‧do

Noun

cágado m (plural cágados)

1. a terrapin, or any other freshwater turtle
2. (Brazil) side-necked turtle (member of the Pleurodira suborder of turtles)
3. (by extension, derogatory) a slow or lazy person

   Synonyms: lorpa, mandrião

Adjective

cágado (feminine cágada, masculine plural cágados, feminine plural cágadas, comparable)

1. slow; lazy

Derived terms

• cágado-de-pescoço-comprido
• cágado-de-pescoço-de-cobra

Further reading

• cágado on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “cágado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cágado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026