cafuso

noun

ca·​fu·​so

kəˈfü(ˌ)zō

plural -s

in Brazil, sometimes offensive

: a Latin-American of mixed American Indian and African ancestry

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese, perhaps of African origin; akin to Hausa ka³fur³chi¹ heathenism, ka³fu¹ri² heathen

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

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