caçoar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.suˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.sʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈswa(ʁ)/ [kaˈswa(h)], /ka.soˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.soˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ka.suˈa(ɾ)/ [ka.sʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈswa(ɾ)/, /ka.soˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ka.suˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.sʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈswa(ʁ)/ [kaˈswa(χ)], /ka.soˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.soˈa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ka.suˈa(ɻ)/ [ka.sʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈswa(ɻ)/, /ka.soˈa(ɻ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.soˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.soˈa(h)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈswaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈswa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ca‧ço‧ar
Verb
caçoar (first-person singular present caçoo, first-person singular preterite caçoei, past participle caçoado)
- (with de) to laugh at; to mock (make an object of laughter or ridicule)
- Synonyms: zoar, tirrar sarro, escarnecer
Conjugation
Conjugation of caçoar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2Superseded.
3European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “caçoar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “caçoar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026