CACAO Meaning of CACAO in English ca ‧ cao /kəˈkaʊ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Spanish ; Origin: Nahuatl cacahuatl ] the seed from which chocolate and ↑ cocoa are made Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012