cafetão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.feˈtɐ̃w̃/ [ka.feˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.fɨˈtɐ̃w̃/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lunfardo cáften, from the same source as etymology 2.

Noun

cafetão m (plural cafetões, feminine cafetina, feminine plural cafetinas)

  1. (Brazil, informal) pimp, procurer
    Alternative form: cáften

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French cafetan, from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Persian خفتان (xaftân).

Noun

cafetão m (plural cafetões)

  1. (chiefly Portugal) kaftan (long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)
    Synonyms: (Brazil) cafetã, caftan

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