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cacafuego

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ca-ca-fuego
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spitfire.

noun

A braggart.

Etymology

From Spanish. From the nickname of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, meaning "fire-shitter". See caca, fuego.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cacafuegos (plural) cacafogo (alternative)

Questions

What does cacafuego mean?
A spitfire.
Where does cacafuego come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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