cafuné

Examples

• A avó fez cafuné no menino até ele dormir.
  Grandma gave the boy a gentle head caress until he fell asleep.
• Ela pediu um cafuné depois de um dia difícil.
  She asked for a gentle head caress after a hard day.
• O cachorro fechou os olhos quando recebeu cafuné.
  The dog closed its eyes when it got a gentle head caress.
• Ele adora cafuné no couro cabeludo.
  He loves a scalp caress on his head.
• O bebê se acalmou com o cafuné da mãe.
  The baby calmed down with the mother’s gentle head caress.
• No sofá, os dois trocaram cafunés em silêncio.
  On the sofa, the two exchanged quiet head caresses.
• Um cafuné leve pode ser mais carinhoso que uma massagem.
  A light head caress can feel more affectionate than a massage.

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Examples

• No interior de Pernambuco, chamaram o menino de cafuné.
  In inland Pernambuco, they called the boy a child.
• A vizinha trouxe o cafuné para brincar no terreiro.
  The neighbor brought the child to play in the yard.
• Os cafunés correram pela rua depois da escola.
  The children ran down the street after school.
• Ninguém deixou o cafuné atravessar sozinho.
  Nobody let the child cross alone.
• A avó ralhou com o cafuné que subiu no muro.
  Grandma scolded the child who climbed the wall.
• O pescador deu manga aos cafunés da vila.
  The fisherman gave mangoes to the village children.
• Esse cafuné já sabe ajudar na feira.
  That boy already knows how to help at the market.

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Examples

• Ele levou um cafuné na orelha por brincadeira.
  He got a playful ear flick.
• A irmã deu um cafuné no lóbulo dele.
  His sister gave him a flick on the earlobe.
• O professor proibiu cafunés durante a fila.
  The teacher banned finger flicks while the line formed.
• O primo ameaçou dar um cafuné, mas parou.
  The cousin threatened to give a finger flick, but stopped.
• O cafuné doeu mais pelo susto que pela força.
  The finger flick hurt more from surprise than from force.
• Os meninos trocavam cafunés no recreio.
  The boys traded finger flicks at recess.
• Com um cafuné leve, ela chamou a atenção dele.
  With a light finger flick, she got his attention.

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Examples

• O cafuné da turma compensava a pouca altura com muita voz.
  The short frail fellow in the group made up for his height with a loud voice.
• Chamaram o homem de cafuné, e ele não gostou.
  They called the man a stunted little man, and he disliked it.
• Na história, o capataz descreve o rival como cafuné.
  In the story, the foreman describes his rival as a short weakling.
• O apelido cafuné soou ofensivo na conversa.
  The nickname stunted little man sounded offensive in the conversation.
• A palavra cafuné aparece ali para marcar alguém baixo e mirrado.
  The word short frail person appears there to mark someone as small and stunted.
• Os dois irmãos eram altos, mas o caçula era o cafuné da família.
  The two brothers were tall, but the youngest was the family’s small frail one.
• No conto regional, o cafuné enfrenta homens maiores.
  In the regional tale, the short frail man faces larger men.

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• Entre os dendezeiros altos, o agricultor notou um cafuné.
  Among the tall oil palms, the farmer noticed a small oil palm.
• O cafuné não recebia sol suficiente na plantação.
  The stunted oil palm was not getting enough sun in the plantation.
• A equipe removeu dois cafunés para abrir espaço.
  The crew removed two small oil palms to make space.
• Chamavam de cafuné o dendê baixo que crescia entre os outros.
  They called the short palm growing among the others a stunted oil palm.
• O técnico marcou cada cafuné antes da poda.
  The technician marked each small oil palm before pruning.
• Os cafunés indicavam falhas no plantio.
  The stunted oil palms showed problems in the planting.
• Um cafuné pode produzir menos que as palmeiras maiores.
  A small oil palm may produce less than the larger palms.

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