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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Lunfardo cáften.
Noun
cafetão m (plural cafetões, feminine cafetina, feminine plural cafetinas)
- (Brazil, informal) pimp, procurer
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French cafetan, from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Persian خفتان (xaftân).
Noun
cafetão m (plural cafetões)
- (chiefly Portugal) kaftan (long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)
- Synonyms: (Brazil) cafetã, caftan
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