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cacafuego

cac·a·fue·go [ ˌkakəˈfyü(ˌ)gō]

cacafuego

noun

[ˌkakəˈfyü(ˌ)gō]

variants: or less commonly cacafugo \ -fyü(- \

Definition of cacafuego

obsolete

: a swaggering braggart or boaster

First Known Use of cacafuego

1625, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for cacafuego

Spanish Cacafuego, name of a ship captured in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake, from Latin cacare to void as excrement + Spanish fuego fire, from Latin focus hearth

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