cafetão
Portuguese, noun/ka.feˈtɐ̃w̃/
cafetão is spelled C-A-F-E-T-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cafetão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pimp, procurer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que cáften”.
What does cafetão mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilinformalmasculinepimp, procurer
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinekaftan (long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que cáften 2. pessoa que administra prostitutas 3. gigolô 4. rufião
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cafetão
- cafetões plural
- cafetina feminine
- cafetinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cafetão?
- Brazil /ka.feˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ka.feˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ.fɨˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cafetão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cafetão in Portuguese?
cafetão appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).