cabaço
Portuguese
Etymology
From cabaça.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈba.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈba.so/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈba.su/ [kɐˈβa.su]
- Hyphenation: ca‧ba‧ço
Noun
cabaço m (plural cabaços)
- gourd (fruit)
- (Brazil, informal) hymen; hence cherry
- (Brazil, slang) a virgin person
- (Brazil, slang, by extension) any inexperienced person or beginner
- (Brazil, slang) virginity
Further reading
- “cabaço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cabaço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026