cafuné
Portuguese, noun/ka.fuˈnɛ/
cafuné is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the act of fondling or caressing someone's head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de acariciar a cabeça de alguém para o adormecer, contemplar ou relaxar”.
What does cafuné mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinethe act of fondling or caressing someone's head
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de acariciar a cabeça de alguém para o adormecer, contemplar ou relaxar 2. carícia marota 3. produzir estalidos na cabeça de alguém imitando a morte de piolhos entre o pressionar de unhas 4. menino
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 cafuné
- cafunés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cafuné?
- Brazil /ka.fuˈnɛ/
- Portugal /ka.fuˈnɛ/
- Portugal /kɐ.fu.ˈnɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cafuné in Portuguese?
cafuné appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).