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Italian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
baffo m (plural baffi)
- whisker (of an animal)
- (usually in the plural) moustache
- Synonym: mostaccio
- Ho i baffi. ― I have a mustache.
1973, “1940 ”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:E la gente che legge i giornali / Sta parlando dell'uomo coi baffi / L'altro ieri è arrivato a Parigi- And the people who read the papers / Say that the man with the moustache / Arrived the day before yesterday in Paris
Further reading
- baffo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana