Masculine

cacau

Meaning

  1. (masculine) cacao tree (Theobroma cacao)
  2. (masculine) cacao fruit
  3. (masculine) cocoa bean
  4. (masculine) cocoa powder
  5. (Portugal, masculine) hot chocolate; cocoa
  6. (masculine, slang, uncountable) money

Concepts

cacao bean

Theobroma cacao

cacao tree

drinking chocolate

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈkaw/
Etymology

In summary

From earlier cacáo, borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”).

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