cafre
Spanish, noun/ˈkafɾe/
cafre is spelled C-A-F-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 82,716th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cafre is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “inhabitant of British Kaffraria, a former British colony in South Africa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cafre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineinhabitant of British Kaffraria, a former British colony in South Africa
- 2
femininemasculineogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineof British Kaffraria
- 2
colloquialfemininemasculinecruel and barbaric
- 3
colloquialfemininemasculineuncouth, boorish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Natural de o relativo a las naciones bantúes que habitaban la región oriental de la actual Sudáfrica, que los conquistadores británicos llamaron Cafrería. 2. Dicho de una persona, de gusto vulgar o inferior, y hábitos incultos. 3. Dicho de una cosa, propia de alguien cafre₂ 4. De hábitos salvajes o crueles.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cafre
- cafres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cafre?
- /ˈkafɾe/
- [ˈka.fɾe]
- [ˈkafɾe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cafre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cafre in Spanish?
cafre appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).