cacto
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Cactus, from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkakto/ [ˈkɑk.t̪ʊ]
Rhymes: -akto
Hyphenation: cac‧to
=== Noun ===
cacto m (plural cactos)
cactus
== Latin ==
=== Noun ===
cactō m
dative/ablative singular of cactus
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -aktu, -akitu
Hyphenation: cac‧to
=== Noun ===
cacto m (plural cactos)
Brazilian Portuguese standard form of cato
=== Further reading ===
“cacto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“cacto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
cactus
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkaɡto/ [ˈkaɣ̞.t̪o]
Rhymes: -aɡto
Syllabification: cac‧to
=== Noun ===
cacto m (plural cactos)
(rare) cactus
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“cacto”, 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