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

Related terms

• cafetinagem
• cafetinar

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

Further reading

• “cafetão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025