cacau

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈkaw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈkaw]

cacau m (plural cacaus)

1. cacao
2. cocoa bean

   mantega de cacau ― cocoa butter

3. (soccer) power shot
4. (colloquial, Castilianism) disorder, mess

   fer un cacau ― to make a mess

• cacauer
• cacauet

• “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, 2024
• “cacau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

 

• cacáo (superseded)

From earlier cacáo, borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”).^[1]

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: ca‧cau

cacau m (plural cacaus)

1. cacao tree (Theobroma cacao)

   Synonym: cacaueiro

2. cacao fruit
3. cocoa bean
4. cocoa powder
5. (Portugal) hot chocolate; cocoa

   Synonym: chocolate quente

• → Nheengatu: kakáu