caco
Italian
Etymology
Singularization of cachi, originated by the wrong belief that "cachi" is the plural form[1].
Noun
caco m (plural caci)
- Alternative form of cachi (fruit)
Verb
caco
References
Latin
Etymology
From a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-. Compare Old Irish cacc, Ancient Greek κακκάω (kakkáō), Middle Armenian քաք (kʻakʻ), Russian ка́кать (kákatʹ), and English cack.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈka.koː/, [ˈkäkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.ko/, [ˈkäːko]
Verb
cacō (present infinitive cacāre, perfect active cacāvī, supine cacātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- “caco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (“pot”), see also Galician cacho (“broken container, broken piece of a container”) and Spanish cacho.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aku
Noun
caco m (plural s)
- shard; piece (broken piece)
- (by extension) junk
- (figuratively) wreck
- Estou um caco total. ― I'm a total wreck.
- (colloquial) head
Spanish
Noun
caco m (plural cacos)
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