cacto

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Cactus, from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkakto/ [ˈkɑk.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -akto
• Hyphenation: cac‧to

cacto m (plural cactos)

1. cactus

cactō m

1. dative/ablative singular of cactus

• Rhymes: -aktu, -akitu
• Hyphenation: cac‧to

cacto m (plural cactos)

1. Brazilian Portuguese standard form of cato

• “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

• cactus

Borrowed from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɡto/ [ˈkaɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: cac‧to

cacto m (plural cactos)

1. (rare) cactus

• “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