cafuzo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cafuz, carafuz, carafuzo

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈfu.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈfu.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈfu.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈfu.zu/

Noun

cafuzo m (plural cafuzos)

1. (Brazil) someone of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry

   Synonym: caboré

   Hypernym: pardo

   Coordinate term: caboclo

Further reading

• cafuzo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “cafuzo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cafuzo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025