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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from bufar.
Noun
bufa f (plural bufes)
- bladder
- (colloquial) slap
- silent fart
- Synonym: llufa
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
bufa
- inflection of bufar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “bufa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “bufa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “bufa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bufa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Verb
bufa
- inflection of bufar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Italian
Verb
bufa
- third-person singular present indicative of bufare
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French bouffer, from Old French bouffer, from Medieval Latin buffa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbu.fa/
- Rhymes: -ufa
- Syllabification: bu‧fa
Noun
bufa f (diminutive bufka)
- puff (portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- bufa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bufa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from bufar.
Noun
bufa f (plural bufas)
- (informal) silent fart
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
bufa
- inflection of bufar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “bufa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “bufa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “bufa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “bufa”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “bufa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Verb
bufa
- inflection of bufar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative