"cavaco" meaning in Portuguese

See cavaco in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaˈva.ku/ [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

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cavaquinho"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cavacar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "encavacar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cavaqueira"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "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",
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          "name": "Portuguese entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "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": "/kɐˈva.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈba.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɐˈβa.ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aku"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cavaco"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cavaco"
}
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    "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": "/kɐˈva.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈba.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɐˈβa.ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aku"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cavaco"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cavaco"
}

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