"cacafuego" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cacafuegos [plural], cacafogo [alternative]
Etymology: From Spanish. From the nickname of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, meaning "fire-shitter". See caca, fuego. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|-}} Spanish Head templates: {{en-noun}} cacafuego (plural cacafuegos)
  1. A spitfire.
    Sense id: en-cacafuego-en-noun-rwPMcMEF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. (by extension) A braggart. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-cacafuego-en-noun-OOcaTcLl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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