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cafetina

Portuguese, noun/ka.feˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

cafetina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a madam, a procurer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cafetinar.

What does cafetina mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilfeminineslanga madam, a procurer

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of cafetina

  • cafetinas plural
  • cafetão masculine
  • cafetões masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cafetina?

  • Brazil /ka.feˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
  • Portugal /kɐ.fɨˈti.nɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cafetina

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cafetina in Portuguese?

cafetina appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).