cafuçu
Portuguese, noun/ka.fuˈsu/
cafuçu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rude, impolite, rustic, crude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diabo”.
What does cafuçu mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinerude, impolite, rustic, crude
- 2
colloquialmasculinethe devil
- 3
masculinea rural worker who lives isolated
- 4
masculinea lazy person
- 5
masculinea person who has a physical disability
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. diabo 2. indivíduo sem préstimo 3. pessoa preguiçosa, imprestável 4. indivíduo deselegante, mal-arrumado ou que possui algum defeito físico
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 cafuçu
- cafuçus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cafuçu?
- Brazil /ka.fuˈsu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cafuçu in Portuguese?
cafuçu appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).