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!"