cafofo
Portuguese, noun/kaˈfo.fu/
cafofo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pit, hole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “casa pequena e pobre, barraco, casebre”.
What does cafofo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepit, hole
- 2
masculinehideout
- 3
masculineplace where slaves were kept before being sold
- 4
Brazilmasculinehome, especially a small and modest but cozy habitation
- 5
Brazilmasculineswampy land that exhales a bad odor because it contains putrefying organic matter
- 6
Brazilmasculinea hole that is used to store illegal objects in prisons
- 7
Brazilmasculinea hole serving as a foundation of a building
- 8
Brazilmasculinelatrine
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone who does not see well
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. casa pequena e pobre, barraco, casebre 2. local onde se armazenavam os escravos 3. terreno pantanoso com cheiro de água podre
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 cafofo
- cafofos plural
- cafofa feminine
- cafofas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cafofo?
- Brazil /kaˈfo.fu/
- Portugal /kɐˈfo.fu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cafofo in Portuguese?
cafofo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).