Corno
Corno means "horn" in English.
It's a Brazilian expression for some man who has been cheated by his wife or girlfriend.
This came from a legend where the betrayed man started to feel pain in his forehead, where the horns (cornos) shoud came off.
Dor-de-Corno (Pain-of-the-horned) is when the corno takes an atitude when realizes it's condition: get drunk, vengance (sometimes hurting/killing his girlfriend or her lover), etc.
These reactions lead to the subdivisions of a corno: corno manso (the one who doesn't care about his condition), corno raivoso (the angry one), etc.
Also, there are some smiles for cornos:
}:) - happy corno
}:( - sad corno
}:O - surprised corno
}:B - idiot corno
}:S - confuzed corno
}:X - mouth-shutted corno
]:* - kissing corno
...
The feminine of corno is corna.
The more someone cheats his partner, the more cornos (horns) he has in his head.
Finally, corno can be many things: substantive - the horn "He has cornos (horns)."
adjetive - "Hey, you are a corno (horned.)!"
verb - "You wife corneou (cheated) you!"
It's a Brazilian expression for some man who has been cheated by his wife or girlfriend.
This came from a legend where the betrayed man started to feel pain in his forehead, where the horns (cornos) shoud came off.
Dor-de-Corno (Pain-of-the-horned) is when the corno takes an atitude when realizes it's condition: get drunk, vengance (sometimes hurting/killing his girlfriend or her lover), etc.
These reactions lead to the subdivisions of a corno: corno manso (the one who doesn't care about his condition), corno raivoso (the angry one), etc.
Also, there are some smiles for cornos:
}:) - happy corno
}:( - sad corno
}:O - surprised corno
}:B - idiot corno
}:S - confuzed corno
}:X - mouth-shutted corno
]:* - kissing corno
...
The feminine of corno is corna.
The more someone cheats his partner, the more cornos (horns) he has in his head.
Finally, corno can be many things: substantive - the horn "He has cornos (horns)."
adjetive - "Hey, you are a corno (horned.)!"
verb - "You wife corneou (cheated) you!"
"A Maria é uma vadia, portanto João, o namorado dela, é um corno."
"Mary is a bitch, so João, her boyfriend, is a corno."
"Ih, o Zé está com a maior dor-de-corno... acho que ele vai bater na namorada"
"Jeez, Zé has got a lot of dor-de-corno... I think he's going to punch his girlfriend"
"H.C. é uma corna! Seu marido foi pego comendo sua secretária!"
"H.C. is a corna! Her husband was caught fucking his secretary!"
"O Fernando arranha o teto com seus chifres, ahahah"
"Fernando scratches the ceiling with his horns, ahahah"
"Carlos, não é difícil você sustentar a cabeça com esse tanto de chifre na sua cabeça?"
"Carlos, isn't hard to hold your head with so many horns in your head?
"Mary is a bitch, so João, her boyfriend, is a corno."
"Ih, o Zé está com a maior dor-de-corno... acho que ele vai bater na namorada"
"Jeez, Zé has got a lot of dor-de-corno... I think he's going to punch his girlfriend"
"H.C. é uma corna! Seu marido foi pego comendo sua secretária!"
"H.C. is a corna! Her husband was caught fucking his secretary!"
"O Fernando arranha o teto com seus chifres, ahahah"
"Fernando scratches the ceiling with his horns, ahahah"
"Carlos, não é difícil você sustentar a cabeça com esse tanto de chifre na sua cabeça?"
"Carlos, isn't hard to hold your head with so many horns in your head?
Corno by Matheus J. December 9, 2008
