Talk:cafuné

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No translator in the world would translate these instances by using ‘cafuné’ in English. It's bad translation and it gives the completely false impression that translating these Portuguese sentences into English is somehow not possible. Ƿidsiþ 07:15, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

What do you suggest then? — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 11:22, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Well I'm not really qualified to translate Portuguese. But for instance, "Lay your head here on my lap and I will give you a very nice cafuné" would seem immeasurably improved if it read "Lay your head here on my lap and I'll stroke your hair." Ƿidsiþ 11:38, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

But that translates a noun as a verb. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 11:46, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Can you reword the translations so they sound fine in English then? I’ll check if it still accurately translates the Portuguese cites afterwards. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 11:48, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Well yes...translating a noun as a verb is pretty common. Different languages do things in different ways, of course. I'll try and have a look at rewriting them when I get a chance.. Ƿidsiþ 11:52, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

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cafuné

Brazilian Portuguese sense. SemperBlotto (talk) 10:36, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Done. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 12:04, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Passed. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 12:14, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

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cafuné

Sense: caress

It refers to a specific type of caress, the one described by definition 2. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 12:04, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Failed. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 12:14, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Translation

I've always understood cafuné as the act of caressing one's head, not necessarily the hair. Doesn't headpat have this sense? Trooper57 (talk) 02:00, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

And you are right, @Trooper57. I've corrected it. And no, I don't think headpat seems a good translation based on the definition wiktionary gives, cafuné is more like a continuous caress of the head. Sérgio R R Santos (talk) 22:19, 14 September 2024 (UTC)