cacarejo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.kaˈɾe.ʒu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.kaˈɾe.ʒo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.kɐˈɾɐ(j).ʒu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.kɐˈɾe.ʒu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.kɐˈɾe.ʒu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.kɐˈɾe.ʒu/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cacarejar.

Noun

cacarejo m (plural cacarejos)

cackle (cry of a hen)

Etymology 2

Verb

cacarejo

first-person singular present indicative of cacarejar

Further reading

“cacarejo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“cacarejo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026