cafona
Portuguese, adjective/kaˈfõ.nɐ/
cafona is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “tacky (dowdy, shabbily dressed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fora de moda”.
What does cafona mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculinetacky (dowdy, shabbily dressed)
- 2
Brazilfemininemasculinecorny (cheesy, overdramatic)
- 3
Brazilfemininemasculineold-fashioned and quirky or gaudy at the same time
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. fora de moda 2. antiquado
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 cafona
- cafonas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cafona?
- Brazil /kaˈfõ.nɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈfo.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 cafona
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cafona in Portuguese?
cafona 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).