English

Alternative forms

• cazic
• cazique

Noun

cacique ‎(plural caciques)

1. Originally a tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
2. A local political leader in Latin America.
3. Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

From Taino *kasike or Arawak kassequa, cazaqah ‎(“chieftain; power”).

Noun

cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacica, feminine plural cacicas)

1. chieftain; an Indian chief, in a tribe
2. a very powerful person

Synonyms

• (chieftain): see chefe

Spanish

Etymology

From Taino *kasike ‎(“chieftain”) or Arawak kassequa ‎(“chieftain; power”).

Noun

cacique m ‎(plural caciques, feminine cacica)

1. chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe)
2. powerful person, fat cat
3. cacique (bird)

Derived terms

• cacicato
• cacicazgo
• caciquear
• caciquismo
• cacicatura
• cacical