cafundó
Portuguese, noun/ka.fũˈdɔ/
cafundó is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “backwater; a very remote, hard-to-reach place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar muito distante, afastado de outros e difícil de se chegar”.
What does cafundó mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinebackwater; a very remote, hard-to-reach place
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de local afastado de tudo, por vezes indefinido e genérico
noun: 1. lugar muito distante, afastado de outros e difícil de se chegar 2. vale estreito e plano, situado entre escarpas bem altas e inclinadas 3. cômodo bastante escuro de um edifício 4. quarto de castigo para estudantes
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 cafundó
- cafundós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cafundó?
- Brazil /ka.fũˈdɔ/
- Portugal /kɐ.fũˈdɔ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cafundó
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cafundó in Portuguese?
cafundó 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).