cagadela

Portuguese

Etymology

From cagado +‎ -ela

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɡaˈdɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɡaˈdɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɡaˈdɛ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɡɐˈdɛ.lɐ/ [kɐ.ɣɐˈðɛ.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: mi‧ja

Noun

cagadela f (plural cagadelas)

1. (Portugal, mildly vulgar, colloquial) a crap from a small animal, like a bird.

   Tenho uma cagadela de pássaro no para-brisas.

   There's a bird crap on my windshield.

2. (Portugal, mildly vulgar, colloquial) the act of taking a shit, usually a small one.

   Vou só ali dar uma cagadela e já venho.

   I'm just gonna go over there to take a small dump and I'll be right back.

References

• “cagadela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025