cachaço

See also: cachaco

Portuguese

Etymology

From cacho (“neck”) +‎ -aço.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃa.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃa.so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃa.su/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈt͡ʃa.su/

Rhymes: -asu
Hyphenation: ca‧cha‧ço

Noun

cachaço m (plural cachaços)

nape
clod (part of a shoulder or neck of beef)
boar (male pig)
Synonym: barrão
(figurative, colloquial) arrogance

Further reading

“cachaço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
“cachaço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025