"cafre" meaning in Spanish

See cafre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkafɾe/, [ˈka.fɾe] Forms: cafres [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -afɾe Etymology: From Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”). Etymology templates: {{der|es|pt|cafre}} Portuguese cafre, {{der|es|ar|كَافِر||infidel}} Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”) Head templates: {{es-adj}} cafre m or f (masculine and feminine plural cafres)
  1. (historical, relational) of British Kaffraria Tags: feminine, historical, masculine, relational
    Sense id: en-cafre-es-adj-gwey78JM Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 44 3 1 33 20 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 33 13 9 27 17
  2. (colloquial) cruel and barbaric Tags: colloquial, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-cafre-es-adj-J3K0BxQX Categories (other): Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 33 13 9 27 17
  3. (colloquial) uncouth, boorish Tags: colloquial, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-cafre-es-adj-79ChPS2N

Noun

IPA: /ˈkafɾe/, [ˈka.fɾe] Forms: cafres [plural]
Rhymes: -afɾe Etymology: From Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”). Etymology templates: {{der|es|pt|cafre}} Portuguese cafre, {{der|es|ar|كَافِر||infidel}} Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”) Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} cafre m or f by sense (plural cafres)
  1. (historical) inhabitant of British Kaffraria, a former British colony in South Africa Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-cafre-es-noun-Y6rSdeMt Categories (other): Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 33 13 9 27 17
  2. (Philippines, folklore) ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees Tags: Philippines, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Folklore
    Sense id: en-cafre-es-noun-g-ic27lp Categories (other): Philippine Spanish, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 33 13 9 27 17 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences

Inflected forms

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