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English
Etymology
From Italian. See buffo and buffoon.
Noun
buffa (plural buffas)
- (music) The comic actress in an opera.
References
Italian
Adjective
buffa
- feminine singular of buffo
Verb
buffa
- inflection of buffare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Maltese
Pronunciation
Adjective
buffa f
- feminine singular of buffu
Noun
buffa f (plural buffi)
- female equivalent of buffu: female clown
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin būfō (“toad”).
Noun
buffa f (plural buffi)
- toad (Bufo bufo)
- (derogatory) fat woman
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 455: “il rospo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “buffa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 574
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “buffa”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 214
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “buffa”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 120