cafuçu

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.fuˈsu/

Noun

cafuçu m (plural cafuçus)

1. (Northeast Brazil, derogatory) rude, impolite, rustic, crude
2. (Northeast Brazil, colloquial) the devil
3. (Goiás) a rural worker who lives isolated
4. (Rio Grande do Norte) a lazy person
5. (Rio Grande do Norte) a person who has a physical disability

Further reading

• “cafuçu”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “cafuçu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024