# caca
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English cakken, from Old English *cacian, from Old English cac (“dung; excrement”), of uncertain origin and relation. Cognate with English cack. Compare Latin cacō (“to defecate”), French caca (“excrement”), Basque kaka (“excrement”), Lithuanian kaka (“excrement”), Hungarian kaka (“excrement”), Italian cacca, Ancient Greek κάκκη (kákkē, “dung”), German kacken, Irish cac, Welsh cach, Cornish caugh, Breton cac'h, Aromanian cac, Scottish Gaelic cac, Romanian căca, Spanish caca (“excrement”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɑːkə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈkɑkə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːkə
* Hyphenation: ca‧ca

### Noun

caca (uncountable)
* (childish) Excrement; feces.

#### Synonyms

* cack; see also Thesaurus:feces

### Anagrams

* AACC, ACCA, CAAC, CCAA, acca

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *qasam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀsam.

### Noun

caca
* shrubby fern
    Synonym: borete

## French
### Etymology

From Latin cacāre (“to defecate”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.ka/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

caca m (plural cacas)
* (childish) poo (childish word for excrement)
    Pipi, caca, popo : histoire anecdotique de la scatologie. (Book title)

#### Derived terms

* faire caca
* faire un caca nerveux
* caca boudin

### Further reading

* “caca”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic; or either from a substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *kakkā. Compare Welsh cach and English caca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaka̝/

### Noun

caca m (plural cacas)
* (childish) poo
* (childish) filth
* (figurative) crap

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “caca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “caca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Irish
### Noun

caca
* genitive singular of cac

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.ka/
* Rhymes: -aka
* Hyphenation: cà‧ca

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English kaka, itself a borrowing from Maori kākā (“parrot”).

#### Noun

caca m (invariable)
* New Zealand kaka (Nestor meridionalis)
    Synonym: caca dei Maori
    Hypernym: nestore
    Coordinate term: chea

#### Further reading

* caca$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

caca
* inflection of cacare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* acca

## Latin
### Verb

cacā
* second-person singular present imperative of cacō

### References

* caca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* caca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “caca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* caca in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
* “caca”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cacca, cognate with Ancient Greek κάκκη (kákkē, “dung”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -akɐ
* Hyphenation: ca‧ca

### Noun

caca f (plural cacas)
* (childish or euphemistic) crap; excrement
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fezes

#### Derived terms

* caquinha

#### Descendants

* → Sranan Tongo: kaka

### Further reading

* “caca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “caca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French caca.

### Noun

caca f (uncountable)
* (childish) poop, poo
* (childish) something dirty

#### Related terms

* căca

## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

caca
* genitive singular of cac

### Adjective

caca
* dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, unpleasant, yucky

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaka/ [ˈka.ka]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ca‧ca

### Noun

caca f (plural cacas) (childish, colloquial)
* poo
* An object that is dirty, unsanitary, or that should not be touched.
** (by extension) An expression of disapproval used to tell children not to touch or handle something.

#### Derived terms

* caca de luna
* caca de vaca

#### Related terms

* cagar
* encacado

### Further reading

* “caca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Xhosa
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kǀaːkǀa]

### Verb

-caca
* to be clear

#### Inflection

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