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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cacāre			cacārī			cacāns			—
future		cacātūrum esse			cacātum īrī			cacātūrus			cacandus
perfect		cacāvisse			cacātum esse			—			cacātus
future perfect		—			cacātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cacātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cacandī		cacandō		cacandum		cacandō		cacātum		cacātū

Derived terms

• cacātor
• cacātus
• concacō

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: cac, cacu, cãcari
  • Romanian: căca, căcare
• 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
• 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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10