"cavaco" meaning in All languages combined

See cavaco on Wiktionary

Noun [Galician]

IPA: [kɑˈβakʊ] Forms: cavacos [plural]
Etymology: From cavar (“to dig, carve”) + -aco. Etymology templates: {{ety|gl|:af|cavar<t:to dig, carve>|-aco|text=+|tree=1}} From cavar (“to dig, carve”) + -aco. Head templates: {{gl-noun|m}} cavaco m (plural cavacos)
  1. chip, splinter Tags: masculine Synonyms: acha, racha
    Sense id: en-cavaco-gl-noun--ohLs7Vk Categories (other): Galician entries referencing missing etymons, Galician entries with etymology texts, Galician entries with etymon, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Galician entries referencing missing etymons: 45 55 Disambiguation of Galician entries with etymology texts: 49 51 Disambiguation of Galician entries with etymon: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 52 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 42 53 4 1
  2. billet Tags: masculine Synonyms: acha, racha
    Sense id: en-cavaco-gl-noun-EqgON82I Categories (other): Galician entries referencing missing etymons, Galician entries with etymology texts, Galician entries with etymon, Galician entries with incorrect language header, Galician terms suffixed with -aco, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Galician entries referencing missing etymons: 45 55 Disambiguation of Galician entries with etymology texts: 49 51 Disambiguation of Galician entries with etymon: 45 55 Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Galician terms suffixed with -aco: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 39 49 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 48 9 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 52 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 42 53 4 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cavaca, cavar

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /kaˈva.ku/ [Brazil], /kaˈva.ko/ [Southern-Brazil], /kɐˈva.ku/ [Portugal], /kɐˈba.ku/ [Northern, Portugal], [kɐˈβa.ku] [Northern, Portugal] Forms: cavacos [plural]
Rhymes: -aku Etymology: From cava + -aco. Etymology templates: {{ety|pt|:af<ref:<span class="cited-source">“cavaco”, in <cite>Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa</cite> (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–<span class="None" lang="und">2026</span></span>>|cava|-aco|text=+|tree=1}} From cava + -aco. Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} cavaco m (plural cavacos)
  1. chip; splinter (small piece of wood) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cavaco-pt-noun-pk1PrnB- Categories (other): Portuguese entries referencing missing etymons, Portuguese entries with etymology texts, Portuguese entries with etymon, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese terms suffixed with -aco, Talking Disambiguation of Portuguese entries referencing missing etymons: 75 25 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with etymology texts: 85 15 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Portuguese terms suffixed with -aco: 75 25 Disambiguation of Talking: 75 25
  2. (informal) chat Tags: informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-cavaco-pt-noun-MeBvfYn- Categories (other): Portuguese entries with etymon Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with etymon: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cavaquinho, cavacar, encavacar, cavaqueira

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "cavar<t:to dig, carve>",
        "4": "-aco",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From cavar (“to dig, carve”) + -aco.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cavar (“to dig, carve”) + -aco.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cavacos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "cavaco m (plural cavacos)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cavaca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cavar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 52 5 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 53 4 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chip, splinter"
      ],
      "id": "en-cavaco-gl-noun--ohLs7Vk",
      "links": [
        [
          "chip",
          "chip"
        ],
        [
          "splinter",
          "splinter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "acha"
        },
        {
          "word": "racha"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician terms suffixed with -aco",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 49 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 48 9 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 52 5 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 53 4 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "billet"
      ],
      "id": "en-cavaco-gl-noun-EqgON82I",
      "links": [
        [
          "billet",
          "billet"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "acha"
        },
        {
          "word": "racha"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑˈβakʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cavaco"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cavaquinho"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cavacar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "encavacar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cavaqueira"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": ":af<ref:<span class=\"cited-source\">“cavaco”, in <cite>Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa</cite> (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2026</span></span>>",
        "3": "cava",
        "4": "-aco",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From cava + -aco.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cava + -aco.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cavacos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "cavaco m (plural cavacos)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ca",
        "va",
        "co"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese terms suffixed with -aco",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "pt:Talking",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chip; splinter (small piece of wood)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cavaco-pt-noun-pk1PrnB-",
      "links": [
        [
          "chip",
          "chip"
        ],
        [
          "splinter",
          "splinter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chat"
      ],
      "id": "en-cavaco-pt-noun-MeBvfYn-",
      "links": [
        [
          "chat",
          "chat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) chat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈva.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈva.ko/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈva.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈba.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɐˈβa.ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aku"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cavaco"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cavaco"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Galician countable nouns",
    "Galician entries referencing missing etymons",
    "Galician entries with etymology texts",
    "Galician entries with etymon",
    "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
    "Galician lemmas",
    "Galician masculine nouns",
    "Galician nouns",
    "Galician terms suffixed with -aco",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "pt:Talking"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "cavar<t:to dig, carve>",
        "4": "-aco",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From cavar (“to dig, carve”) + -aco.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cavar (“to dig, carve”) + -aco.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cavacos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "cavaco m (plural cavacos)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cavaca"
    },
    {
      "word": "cavar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chip, splinter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chip",
          "chip"
        ],
        [
          "splinter",
          "splinter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "acha"
        },
        {
          "word": "racha"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "billet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "billet",
          "billet"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "acha"
        },
        {
          "word": "racha"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑˈβakʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cavaco"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
    "Portuguese countable nouns",
    "Portuguese entries referencing missing etymons",
    "Portuguese entries with etymology texts",
    "Portuguese entries with etymon",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese masculine nouns",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms suffixed with -aco",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Portuguese terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/aku",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/aku/3 syllables",
    "pt:Talking"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cavaquinho"
    },
    {
      "word": "cavacar"
    },
    {
      "word": "encavacar"
    },
    {
      "word": "cavaqueira"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": ":af<ref:<span class=\"cited-source\">“cavaco”, in <cite>Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa</cite> (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2026</span></span>>",
        "3": "cava",
        "4": "-aco",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From cava + -aco.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cava + -aco.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cavacos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "cavaco m (plural cavacos)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ca",
        "va",
        "co"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chip; splinter (small piece of wood)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chip",
          "chip"
        ],
        [
          "splinter",
          "splinter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chat",
          "chat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) chat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈva.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈva.ko/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈva.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈba.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɐˈβa.ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aku"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cavaco"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cavaco"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cavaco meaning in All languages combined (3.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-07-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (b70b34c and e7887d5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.