cagado

See also: cágado

Galician

Etymology

From cagar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈɣaðʊ]

Adjective

cagado (feminine cagada, masculine plural cagados, feminine plural cagadas)

1. (colloquial, figurative) cowardly
2. (colloquial, figurative) alike

   Synonym: cuspido

Participle

cagado (feminine cagada, masculine plural cagados, feminine plural cagadas)

1. past participle of cagar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cagado”, 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), “cagado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cagado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of the verb cagar, corresponding to Latin cacātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡa.du/
  • (Porto Alegre) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɡa.du/ [kɐˈɣa.ðu]

• Hyphenation: ca‧ga‧do

Noun

cagado m (plural cagados, feminine cagada, feminine plural cagadas)

1. (vulgar, of people) very lucky

Adjective

cagado (feminine cagada, masculine plural cagados, feminine plural cagadas)

1. (vulgar) shitty (covered in crap)
   1. (by extension) very dirty
2. (vulgar) with pooped pants

   Synonym: borrado

3. (vulgar) favoured by luck
4. (vulgar) (with preposition de) stricken with great emotion or urge

   É claro. Também, tô cagado de fome.

   Of course. See, I'm so much hungry.

Participle

cagado (feminine cagada, masculine plural cagados, feminine plural cagadas)

1. past participle of cagar

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with cágado.

Further reading

• “cagado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cagado”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “cagado”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cagado”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cagado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of the verb cagar, corresponding to Latin cacātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɡado/ [kaˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: ca‧ga‧do

Adjective

cagado (feminine cagada, masculine plural cagados, feminine plural cagadas)

1. cowardly
2. (Chile) cheap, worthless
3. toilet-trained
4. covered in feces

Participle

cagado (feminine cagada, masculine plural cagados, feminine plural cagadas)

1. past participle of cagar

Further reading

• “cagado”, 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