Cuddle is the act of scratch someone's head with your fingertips, popularly considered a gesture of affection and affection.
Typically, the cuddle is an affection between people with some level of fraternal intimacy, usually between family members, couples or close friends.
The head massage provided by the pat, works as an excellent relaxant, being popularly recommended for people who are stressed and cannot sleep.
The practice of cuddling is also observed in some animals, such as monkeys, which scratch the heads of their peers. looking for insects and lice, while this act provokes a feeling of relaxation among your practitioners.
But, in zoology, the correct term for “cafuné among animals” is grooming or grooming, in English.
The word “cafuné”, according to some etymologists, would have originated from a term from Kimbundu, one of several Angolan Bantu languages.
However, other theories indicate that the cafuné may have arisen among the Indians of the Bororó tribe, who they also had the custom of stroking the head of their companions as a social practice to groom. lice.
The fact is that cafuné has consolidated itself in Brazilian social culture, being present in all classes, from the poorest to the richest.
There is no literal translation of the word cafuné into the English language, but the meaning of this term can be used roughly in other English words, such as stroke / stroking or run one’s fingers through one’s hair.
Examples:
"I love to stroke my girlfriends hair" (“I love to stroke my girlfriend's hair”, in Portuguese).
“The girl fell asleep while her father her was running his fingers through her hair her” (“The girl slept with her father patting her”).