Polyglot Dictionary

caução

/kawˈsɐ̃w/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as cauções

Meaning

  1. bail, deposit

    • Pagou a caução.

      He paid bail.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

fiança

caução and fiança are close synonyms for "bail," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

fianza

fianza is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "bail, deposit."

Practice

1 What does caução mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pagou a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches caução?

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