cascal

Portuguese

Etymology

From casca (“shell”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kasˈkaw/ [kasˈkaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʃˈkaw/ [kaʃˈkaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐʃˈkal/ [kɐʃˈkaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐʃˈka.li/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: cas‧cal

Noun

cascal m (plural cascais)

bed (area with many clams)
(archaeology) midden (prehistoric pile of bones and shells)
Synonyms: (Brazil) berbigueira, casqueiro, (Santa Catarina, São Paulo) concheiro, (Brazil) sambaqui

Further reading

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