cachaço

See also: cachaco

Portuguese

Cachaço (1) - cut of meat - in Portugal

Etymology

Etymology tree

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Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Archaic Latin kapiō

Latin capiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom

Proto-Italic *-klom?

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos?

Latin -ulum

Latin capulum

Portuguese cacho

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āceus

Old Galician-Portuguese -aço

Portuguese -aço

Portuguese cachaço

From cacho (“neck”) + -aço.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃa.su/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃa.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃa.su/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐtˈʃa.su/

• Rhymes: -asu
• Hyphenation: ca‧cha‧ço

Noun

cachaço m (plural cachaços)

1. nape

   Synonyms: cangote, cerviz, nuca

2. clod (part of a shoulder or neck of beef)
3. boar (male pig)

   Synonym: barrão

4. (figurative, colloquial) arrogance

Further reading

• “cachaço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cachaço”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cachaço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026