caco

See also: Caco, cacó, cacò, caço, caco-, ćaćo, čačo, and cá cờ

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ko/
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: cà‧co

Etymology 1

Singularization of cachi, originated by the wrong belief that "cachi" is the plural form.

Noun

caco m (plural cachi)

1. Alternative form of cachi (fruit)

Etymology 2

Verb

caco

1. first-person singular present indicative of cacare

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kakāō, from a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-.

Compare Old Irish cacc, Ancient Greek κακκάω (kakkáō), Middle Armenian քաք (kʻakʻ), Russian ка́кать (kákatʹ), and English cack.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.koː/, [ˈkäkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ko/, [ˈkäːko]

Verb

cacō (present infinitive cacāre, perfect active cacāvī, supine cacātum); first conjugation

1. (vulgar) to defecate, shit, pass excrement
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 23:

     Culus tibi purior salillo est,
     nec toto decies cacas in anno.

     Your anus is purer than a little salt-cellar,
     and you defecate no more than ten times in a whole year.

   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 9.69:

     Cum futuis, Polycharme, soles in fine cacare.

     When you fuck, Polycharmus, you are accustomed to shitting afterwards.

Conjugation

Conjugation of cacō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cacō	cacās	cacat	cacāmus	cacātis	cacant
	imperfect	cacābam	cacābās	cacābat	cacābāmus	cacābātis	cacābant
	future	cacābō	cacābis	cacābit	cacābimus	cacābitis	cacābunt
	perfect	cacāvī	cacāvistī	cacāvit	cacāvimus	cacāvistis	cacāvērunt, cacāvēre
	pluperfect	cacāveram	cacāverās	cacāverat	cacāverāmus	cacāverātis	cacāverant
	future perfect	cacāverō	cacāveris	cacāverit	cacāverimus	cacāveritis	cacāverint
passive	present	cacor	cacāris, cacāre	cacātur	cacāmur	cacāminī	cacantur
	imperfect	cacābar	cacābāris, cacābāre	cacābātur	cacābāmur	cacābāminī	cacābantur
	future	cacābor	cacāberis, cacābere	cacābitur	cacābimur	cacābiminī	cacābuntur
	perfect	cacātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cacātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cacātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cacem	cacēs	cacet	cacēmus	cacētis	cacent
	imperfect	cacārem	cacārēs	cacāret	cacārēmus	cacārētis	cacārent
	perfect	cacāverim	cacāverīs	cacāverit	cacāverīmus	cacāverītis	cacāverint
	pluperfect	cacāvissem	cacāvissēs	cacāvisset	cacāvissēmus	cacāvissētis	cacāvissent
passive	present	cacer	cacēris, cacēre	cacētur	cacēmur	cacēminī	cacentur
	imperfect	cacārer	cacārēris, cacārēre	cacārētur	cacārēmur	cacārēminī	cacārentur
	perfect	cacātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cacātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cacā	—	—	cacāte	—
	future	—	cacātō	cacātō	—	cacātōte	cacantō
passive	present	—	cacāre	—	—	cacāminī	—
	future	—	cacātor	cacātor	—	—	cacantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cacāre	cacāvisse	cacātūrum esse	cacārī	cacātum esse	cacātum īrī
participles		cacāns	—	cacātūrus	—	cacātus	cacandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cacandī	cacandō	cacandum	cacandō	cacātum	cacātū

Derived terms

• cacātor
• cacātus
• concacō

Descendants

• Aromanian: cac, cãcari
• Asturian: cagar
• Catalan: cagar
• Dalmatian: cacuor
• → Middle Dutch: cacken
  • Dutch: kakken
• Franc-Comtois: tchîe
• Franco-Provençal: cacar
• French: chier, caguer
• Friulian: cjiâ, čhiâ
• Walloon: tchîr
• Italian: cacare
• Neapolitan: cacare
• Occitan: cagar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: cagar
  • Galician: cagar
  • Portuguese: cagar
• Romanian: căca, căcare
• Sardinian: cacare, cagai, cagare
• Sicilian: cacari
• Spanish: cagar
• Venetan: cagar

See also

• dēfaecō

References

• “caco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (“pot”), see also Galician cacho (“broken container, broken piece of a container”) and Spanish cacho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ku/

• Rhymes: -aku
• Hyphenation: ca‧co

Noun

caco m (plural cacos)

1. shard; piece (broken piece of ceramic or glass)
2. (by extension) junk
3. (figuratively) wreck

   Estou um caco total. ― I'm a total wreck.

4. (colloquial) head
5. (theatre, drama, TV, film) ad-lib

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Cacus, a mythological thief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkako/ [ˈka.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: ca‧co

Noun

caco m (plural cacos)

1. (colloquial) thief

   Synonym: ladrón

Further reading

• “caco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28