cascal

Portuguese

Etymology

From casca (“shell”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kasˈkaw/ [kasˈkaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kasˈkaw/ [kasˈkaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʃˈkaw/ [kaʃˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐʃˈkal/ [kɐʃˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐʃˈkal/ [kɐʃˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐʃˈka.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: cas‧cal

Noun

cascal m (plural cascais)

1. bed (area with many clams)
2. (archaeology) midden (prehistoric pile of bones and shells)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) berbigueira, casqueiro, (Santa Catarina, São Paulo) concheiro, (Brazil) sambaqui

Further reading

• “cascal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cascal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025