cacto
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkakto/ [ˈkɑk.t̪ʊ]
- Rhymes: -akto
- Hyphenation: cac‧to
Noun
cacto m (plural cactos)
Latin
Noun
cactō m
- dative/ablative singular of cactus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkak.tu/, /ˈka.ki.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkak.to/
- Rhymes: -aktu, -akitu
- Hyphenation: cac‧to
Noun
cacto m (plural cactos)
- Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of cato
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaɡto/ [ˈkaɣ̞.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -aɡto
- Syllabification: cac‧to
Noun
cacto m (plural cactos)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cacto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024