cacau

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kəˈkaw/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /kaˈkaw/

Noun

cacau m (plural cacaus)

cacao
cocoa bean
mantega de cacau ― cocoa butter

Related terms

cacauer

Further reading

“cacau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“cacau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“cacau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Portuguese

cacau

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈkaw/ [kaˈkaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈkaw/

Rhymes: -aw
Hyphenation: ca‧cau

Noun

cacau m (plural cacaus)

cocoa
(botany) cacao

Derived terms

cacauicultura f
manteiga de cacau f

References

“cacau” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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