café pequeno
Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “small coffee” (a small cup or small quantity of coffee).
Noun
café pequeno m (plural cafés pequenos)
- (Brazil, idiomatic) something minor, unimportant (especially in comparison with important things)
- (Brazil, idiomatic) a task or job that can be easily done
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see café, pequeno.
Further reading
- “café pequeno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026