cavoucar

Alternative forms

• cavocar

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kavoˈkaχ/, /kavoˈkaɾ/
• Hyphenation: ca‧vou‧car

Verb

cavoucar (first-person singular present indicative cavouco, past participle cavoucado)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to make a pit or hole [in]
2. (transitive, by extension) to poke, to rummage, e.g. cavoucar o nariz (“to pick one's nose”)
3. (intransitive) to dig like an animal (like a dog or armadillo).

References

• HOUAISS, A. and DE SALLES VILLAR, M. Minidicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2008.