A new favourite word: Cafuné

Cafuné is Brazilian Portuguese for “the act of tenderly running one’s fingers through someone’s hair”. I love this word. I love the accent on the E. I love the way it sounds when I say it out loud, nice and slow and round in my mouth. I love that there’s even a word for this gesture. So perfect.

I must have been Latin in another life. This word and I, we just fit.

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