cacau

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cacau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cacau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Portuguese

cacau

Alternative forms

• cacáo (superseded)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈkaw/

• 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

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

Descendants

• → Nheengatu: kakáu