Masculine

cacao

  1. (masculine) cacao tree
  2. (masculine) cocoa bean, cocoa powder
  3. (colloquial, masculine) confusion

Frequency

20k
Hyphenated as
ca‧ca‧o
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈkao/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”). Doublet of cocoa.

Related words

árbol del cacao

chocolate caliente

cacao en polvo

Theobroma cacao

hotcha

cincuenta uno

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