Polyglot Dictionary

cachoeira

/kaʃoˈejɾɐ/

a noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as cachoeiras

Meaning

  1. waterfall

    • Visitamos a cachoeira.

      We visited the waterfall.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cascata

cachoeira is more Brazilian and natural, a larger waterfall; cascata is more general, and can be smaller or artificial, like a garden cascade.

Similar in other languages

German

Wasserfall

Wasserfall is the German word for the same thing — both mean "waterfall."

Spanish

cascada

cascada is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "waterfall."

French

cascade

cascade is the French word for the same thing — both mean "waterfall."

Practice

1 What does cachoeira mean?

2 Fill the gap: Visitamos a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cachoeira?

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