different between caca vs poo

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 cac? (“to defecate”), French caca (“excrement”), Basque kaka (“excrement”), Lithuanian kaka (“excrement”), Hungarian kaka (“excrement”), Italian cacca, Ancient Greek ????? (kákk?, “dung”), German kacken, Irish cac, Welsh cach, Cornish caugh, Breton cac'h, Aromanian cac, Scottish Gaelic cac, Romanian c?ca, Spanish caca (“excrement”).

Noun

caca (uncountable)

1. (childish) Excrement

Synonyms

• cack; see also Thesaurus:feces

Anagrams

• AACC, ACCA, CAAC, CCAA, acca

French

Etymology

From Latin cac? (“I defecate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ka/

Noun

caca m (plural cacas)

1. (childish) poo (childish word for excrement)

   Pipi, caca, popo : histoire anecdotique de la scatologie. (Book title)

Derived terms

• faire caca
• faire un caca nerveux

Further reading

• “caca” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kaka?/

Noun

caca m (plural cacas)

1. (childish) poo
2. (childish) filth
3. (figuratively) crap

References

• “caca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “caca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “caca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Noun

caca

1. genitive singular of cac

Mutation

Italian

Verb

caca

1. third-person singular present indicative of cacare
2. second-person singular imperative of cacare

Anagrams

• acca

Latin

Verb

cac?

1. second-person singular present imperative of cac?

References

• caca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• caca in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.k?/
• Rhymes: -aka

Noun

caca f (plural cacas)

1. (childish or euphemistic) crap; excrement

   Synonyms: bosta, merda

Descendants

• ? Sranan Tongo: kaka

Romanian

Etymology

From French caca.

Noun

caca

1. (childish) poop, poo
2. (childish) something dirty

Related terms

• c?ca

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

caca

1. genitive singular of cac

Adjective

caca

1. dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, unpleasant, yukky

Spanish

Noun

caca f (plural cacas)

1. (childish, colloquial) poo

Derived terms

Related terms

• encacado
• cagar

Xhosa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?a?k?a]

Verb

-caca

1. to be clear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pu/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

See pooh.

Noun

poo (countable and uncountable, plural poos)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of saying "poo".
2. (uncountable, childish) Feces.
   • 1960, Harold Wentworth & al., Dictionary of American Slang, p. 401:

     Poo... feces.

   • 2018 Brent Butt, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated:

     Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

3. (countable, chiefly Britain, childish) A piece of feces or an act of defecation.
   • June 22 1981, The Guardian, p. 8:

     That doggy's doing a poo.

4. (uncountable, slang) Cannabis resin.
5. (uncountable, slang) Champagne.

Synonyms

• (shit): See Thesaurus:feces
• (defecation): See Thesaurus:defecation

Coordinate terms

• pee
• wee

Translations

Verb

poo (third-person singular simple present poos, present participle pooing, simple past and past participle pooed)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: to say "poo".
2. (intransitive, childish) To defecate.
   • 1975 July 6, C. James, Observer, p. 23:

     The dog practically has to poo on his shoe before he can make the pinch.

3. (transitive, childish) To dirty something with feces.
   • 1989 Dec. 11, The Mercury:

     Most babies I knew then had on introduction either howled or pooed their pants.

   • 2003 March 13, The Sun:

     We all know what happened to them—they... poohed their pants.

Coordinate terms

• pee

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

Translations

Interjection

poo

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: Expressing dismissal, disgust, etc.
2. (euphemistic) Expressing annoyance, frustration, etc.: a minced oath for 'shit'.
   • 1986 January 12, Chicago Tribune, page 3c:

     Petulant and pouty, Stephanie herself says things like, ‘Oh, poo.’

Synonyms

• (expressing annoyance, etc): See Thesaurus:dammit

Etymology 2

Clipping of shampoo.

Noun

poo (uncountable)

1. Short for shampoo.

Derived terms

• pre-poo

Anagrams

• OOP, oop

'Are'are

Noun

poo

1. pig

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from translingual Poa, from Ancient Greek ??? (póa, “fodder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?poo/
• Hyphenation: po?o
• Rhymes: -oo

Noun

poo (accusative singular poon, plural pooj, accusative plural poojn)

1. Poa

Derived terms

• poacoj

Middle English

Noun

poo

1. Alternative form of po

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *pulus, from earlier *pulvus, from Latin pulvis (“powder; dust”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.o/

Noun

poo m (plural poos)

1. powder (fine particles made by grinding substance)

   • A Tan to?te que Sa?da foi.o Crerigo fillou a ? fez logo dela poos ? en ?a bol??a guardo a

     As soon as it exited, the cleric grabbed it and soon ground it (literally: made powders of it) and stored it in his purse.

Descendants

• Galician: po
• Portuguese: pó
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: po

Seri

Noun

poo

1. (archaic) collared peccary, Pecari tajacu

   Synonym: ziix ina quicös

Derived terms

• poo caacoj

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.??/

Noun

pôô (plural dipoo)

1. bull (male cow)