cafone

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(Anglès)

(masculine) peasant
(derogatory, masculine) boor

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Amb guionet com a

ca‧fó‧ne

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kaˈfo.ne/

Uncertain. Originally from southern Italy, compare Neapolitan cafone, Sicilian cafuni, possibly of Oscan origin. Another theory traces it to the phrase c'a fune (literally “with a rope”), used to mock those from the countryside who would tie themselves to each other with rope to not get lost.