cafuné

//kɐ.fu.ˈnɛ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#64,663

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cafuné is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato de acariciar a cabeça de alguém para o adormecer, contemplar ou relaxar Pronounced /kɐ.fu.ˈnɛ/.

Key facts for cafuné
PropertyValue
Headwordcafuné
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.fu.ˈnɛ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,663
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cafuné in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cafuné is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.fu.ˈnɛ/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,663 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for cafuné in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is cafuné, spelled C-A-F-U-N-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de acariciar a cabeça de alguém para o adormecer, contemplar ou relaxar
  2. 2
    carícia marota
  3. 3
    produzir estalidos na cabeça de alguém imitando a morte de piolhos entre o pressionar de unhas
  4. 4
    menino
  5. 5
    peteleco na orelha
  6. 6
    dendezeiro pequeno entre outros grandes

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #64,663 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cafuné"?
"cafuné" is spelled C-A-F-U-N-É. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.fu.ˈnɛ/.
What does "cafuné" mean?
As a noun, "cafuné" means: ato de acariciar a cabeça de alguém para o adormecer, contemplar ou relaxar
How do you pronounce "cafuné"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cafuné" is /kɐ.fu.ˈnɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cafuné" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.