cafona

== Italian == === Noun === cafona f (plural cafone) female equivalent of cafone == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Italian cafone (“peasant, boor”), from Neapolitan c'a fune (“with a rope”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ca‧fo‧na === Adjective === cafona m or f (plural cafonas) (Brazil) tacky (dowdy, shabbily dressed) (Brazil) corny (cheesy, overdramatic) (Brazil) old-fashioned and quirky or gaudy at the same time Synonym: (Brazil) brega === Further reading === “cafona”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cafona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026