caco

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.ko/ Rhymes: -ako Hyphenation: cà‧co === Etymology 1 === Singularization of cachi, originated by the wrong belief that "cachi" is the plural form. ==== Noun ==== caco m (plural cachi) alternative form of cachi (fruit) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== caco first-person singular present indicative of cacare === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kakāō, from a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-. Compare Old Irish cacc, Ancient Greek κακκάω (kakkáō), Middle Armenian քաք (kʻakʻ), Russian ка́кать (kákatʹ), and English cack. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.ko] === Verb === cacō (present infinitive cacāre, perfect active cacāvī, supine cacātum); first conjugation (Vulgar Latin) to defecate, shit, pass excrement ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cacātor cacātus concacō ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== dēfaecō === References === “caco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “caco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (“pot”), see also Galician cacho (“broken container, broken piece of a container”) and Spanish cacho. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aku Hyphenation: ca‧co === Noun === caco m (plural cacos) shard; piece (broken piece of ceramic or glass) (by extension) junk (figuratively) wreck Estou um caco total. ― I'm a total wreck. (colloquial) head (theatre, drama, TV, film) ad-lib === Further reading === “caco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “caco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin Cacus, a mythological thief. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkako/ [ˈka.ko] Rhymes: -ako Syllabification: ca‧co === Noun === caco m (plural cacos) (colloquial) thief Synonym: ladrón === Further reading === “caco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025