cacau

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈkaw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈkaw]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

cacau m (plural cacaus)

1. cacao
2. cocoa bean

   mantega de cacau ― cocoa butter

3. (soccer) power shot
4. (colloquial, Castilianism) disorder, mess

   fer un cacau ― to make a mess

Related terms

• cacauer
• cacauet

Further reading

• “cacau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cacau”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cacau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cacau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃau̯/ [ˈt͡ʃa.t͡ʃau̯]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃau̯
• Syllabification: ca‧cau

Adjective

cacau (comparative lebih cacau, superlative paling cacau) (chiefly dialectal)

1. agile (having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs)

   Synonym: lincah

2. indecisive

   Synonym: bimbang

3. flustered, nervous

   Synonym: gugup

4. talkative (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

   Synonym: cerewet

References

• “cacau”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Portuguese

cacau

Alternative forms

• cacáo (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier cacáo, borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈkaw/ [kaˈkaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈkaw/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: ca‧cau

Noun

cacau m (plural cacaus)

1. cacao tree (Theobroma cacao)

   Synonym: cacaueiro

2. cacao fruit
3. cocoa bean
4. cocoa powder
5. (Portugal) hot chocolate; cocoa

   Synonym: chocolate quente

6. (slang, uncountable) money

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dinheiro

Derived terms

• cacau-anguloso
• cacau-azul
• cacau-branco
• cacau-da-nova-granada
• cacau-de-caiena
• cacau-de-caracas
• cacau-de-mico
• cacau-do-mato
• cacau-do-peru
• cacaual
• cacaueiro
• cacauicultura
• manteiga de cacau

Related terms

• cacauí
• cacaurana

Descendants

• → Nheengatu: kakáu