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cacca

poop

noun KAHK-kah Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Also means

dirt

Usage Note

Cacca is the child-register word for faeces, equivalent to English 'poo' or 'poop'. Adults use it in informal or humorous contexts. The more clinical term is feci (f, pl) or escrementi. As a colloquial expression, che cacca! can mean 'how rubbish!' or 'what a mess!'

Examples

"Il bambino ha fatto la cacca."

Natural Translation

The child did a poop.

Literal Translation

The child has done the poop.

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