"cavaco" meaning in Portuguese

See cavaco in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaˈva.ku/ [Brazil], /kaˈva.ku/ [Brazil], /kaˈva.ko/ [Southern-Brazil], /kɐˈva.ku/ [Portugal], /kɐˈva.ku/ [Portugal], /kɐˈba.ku/ [Northern, Portugal], [kɐˈβa.ku] [Northern, Portugal] Forms: cavacos [plural]
Rhymes: -aku Etymology: From cava + -aco. Etymology templates: {{suf|pt|cava|aco}} 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 with incorrect language header, Portuguese terms suffixed with -aco, Talking 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-
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": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "cava",
        "3": "aco"
      },
      "expansion": "cava + -aco",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cava + -aco.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cavacos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "cavaco m (plural cavacos)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧va‧co"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_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": [],
      "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.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈva.ko/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈva.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈva.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈba.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɐˈβa.ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aku"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cavaco"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cavaco"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
    "Portuguese countable nouns",
    "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": "cava",
        "3": "aco"
      },
      "expansion": "cava + -aco",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cava + -aco.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cavacos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "cavaco m (plural cavacos)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "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.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈva.ko/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈva.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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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